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SPOT FORECAST FOR STONEWALL...HELENA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
419 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1603 MDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING DRY
COLD FRONT. FRONTAL PASSAGE SHOULD OCCUR OVERNIGHT. WEST WINDS BEHIND
THE FRONT WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS
GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TODAY...HOWEVER LOW HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT
SHOULD ALLOW FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SUK

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........39-44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 30 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 20 TO 25
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SUK
REQUESTED BY...DEANNA THOMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120828.STONE.02/TFX