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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
502 AM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0437 MDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
SURFACE WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LESS THAN 10 MPH TODAY
ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN DROP INTO THE MID TO
LOWER TEENS. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROF WILL CROSS THE
ROCKIES FRIDAY NIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE WINDS
TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. BRISK AND GUSTY
WINDS...ALONG WITH THE LOW HUMIDITIES...COULD CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM SATURDAY NOON THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY EVENING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............4
INVERSION...........7400 FEET...INVERSION BREAKING AROUND 9 AM.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................2
HAINES..............4


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO WEST
                    15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST TO WEST AROUND 30 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............3
INVERSION...........7500 FEET BREAKING AROUND 9 AM.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...KIP COLBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120831.ELBOW.01/TFX