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SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST FORK...MT-HNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1038 AM MDT TUE SEP 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1007 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING SCATTERED TO
BROKEN MID LEVEL CLOUDS TO THE FIRE AREA TODAY. AN ASSOCIATED COOL
FRONT WILL ALSO APPROACH THE AREA TODAY...BUT IT WILL MOSTLY SLIDE
OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE OVERALL EFFECTS WILL BE TO SHIFT THE GUSTY
WINDS MORE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...KEEP TEMPERATURES
A BIT COOLER THAN NORMAL...AND KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE 25
PERCENT. AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WINDS WILL
DECREASE AND BECOME MORE TERRAIN-DRIVEN WITH CLEARING SKIES AND
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITIES SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. A DRIER
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR WITH NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY. THE BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL
THEN LIKELY MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH
SLIGHTLY LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.  COULSTON


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST
                    10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 7 MPH AROUND
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...JORDAN THOMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120904.EASTF.01/TFX