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SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST FORK...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1157 AM MDT MON SEP 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1125 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES (NEAR TO JUST BELOW 20 PERCENT IN THE
AFTERNOON) AND WEST WINDS POSSIBLY GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE FIRE AREA INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A SHORTWAVE
TROUGH WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT...BRINGING
INCREASING MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS (BUT VERY LITTLE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS).
WINDS WILL DECREASE AND SHIFT MORE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AS
THE SHORTWAVE APPROACHES AND THEN MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...BUT THEY
WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY (GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH).
OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT MODERATE.
SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE FIRE AREA TUESDAY...WHICH
WILL HELP KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE 20 PERCENT DURING THE
AFTERNOON.  COULSTON


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    40 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...SPENCER GILCHRIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120903.EASTF.01/TFX