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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
150 PM MDT SUN SEP 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1247 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT MONDAY...

.DISCUSSION...DRY...WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL AT
THE BURN AREA THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER SHALLOW INVERSION
IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH WINDY CONDITIONS FOR MID-SLOPES AND
ABOVE. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS BREEZY ON MONDAY BUT WITH
VERY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN
EXTENDED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. MPJ

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............5.
INVERSION...........NONE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-39 LOWER ELEVATIONS....45 TO 50 MID-SLOPES
                    AND ABOVE.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-67 PERCENT...45 TO 50 MID-SLOPES AND ABOVE.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE
                    DOWN SLOPE/DOWN CANYON 3 TO 8 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 25 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............4.
INVERSION...........DEVELOPING AROUND 6500 TO 7000 FEET.

.LABOR DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 14 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3.
INVERSION...........7000 FEET...BREAKING FROM 9 TO 10 AM.

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FORECASTER...MPJ
REQUESTED BY...SPENCER GILCHRIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120902.ELBOW.02/TFX