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SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST FORK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1253 PM MDT MON AUG 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1225 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN
OVER THE AREA RESULTING IN WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH ONLY MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
STRENGTHEN ON TUESDAY...THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY AND WINDS
COULD RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
LANGLIEB

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING
    SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
                    MPH.

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FORECASTER...LANGLIEB
REQUESTED BY...DEANNA THOMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120827.EASTF.01/TFX