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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
139 PM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1306 MDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE BURN AREA. HOWEVER...MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY ARE INCREASING. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY LITTLE RAIN
AND WILL HAVE GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES..............5 MODERATE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AN ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORM
                    POSSIBLE.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400 THEN 1.
HAINES..............4 LOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE AROUND
                    5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200 THEN 2.
HAINES..............4 LOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11
                    MPH BY 11 AM.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH.

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FORECASTER...EMANUEL
REQUESTED BY...KIP COLBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120826.ELBOW.02/TFX