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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
128 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1255 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THROUGH FRIDAY AS WEAK
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT ALTHOUGH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN DROP INTO
THE LOW TEENS. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL INCREASE INTO THE 80-90 PERCENT RANGE...BUT WILL DRY AGAIN
FRIDAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB A COUPLE DEGREES HIGHER FROM TODAYS.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND ADJACENT
PLAINS BY SATURDAY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE SOUTH WILL
ALSO INCREASE...MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHWEST
MONTANA ALTHOUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN REGIONS WILL REMAIN QUITE
DRY.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75 AT BELOW 7500 FEET
                    62-68 ABOVE 7500 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT BELOW 7500 FEET
                    20-30 PERCENT ABOVE 7500 FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-40 BELOW 7500 FEET
                    40-45 ABOVE 7500 FEET.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-90 PERCENT BELOW 7500 FEET
                    64-74 PERCENT ABOVE 7500 FEET
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82 BELOW 7500 FEET
                    72-77 ABOVE 7500 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT BELOW 7500 FEET.
                    12-17 PERCENT ABOVE 7500 FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRITTON
REQUESTED BY...KIP COLBY  T3IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120830.ELBOW.02/TFX