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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
149 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1319 MDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. HOT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL TODAY. A DRY COOL FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY
THIS EVENING WITH WINDS SHIFTING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST
AND LIKELY DIMINISHING. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY...IT WILL BE COOLER BUT EXPECT GUSTY WEST
WINDS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 VALLEYS...65-70 RIDGETOPS.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT BOTH VALLEYS AND RIDGETOPS.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............4.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49 VALLEYS...53-58 RIDGETOPS.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-60 PERCENT VALLEYS...35-40 PERCENT RIDGETOPS.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO
                    10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 18 TO 23 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70 VALLEYS...50-55 RIDGETOPS.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT VALLEYS...25-30 PERCENT RIDGETOPS.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20
                    TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
TIME OF INVERSION
BREAKING............0800-0900.

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FORECASTER...BLANK
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120828.ELBOW.02/TFX