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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
158 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1319 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SIGNIFICANT WIND SHIFT EXPECTED THIS
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE IS
EXPECTED THIS EVENING BETWEEN 8 PM AND 11 PM MDT WITH A SIGNIFICANT
WIND SHIFT FROM WEST TO NORTH AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP
BEHIND THE FRONT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY ALONG WITH COOLER
TEMPERATURES. A BRIEF INVERSION WILL SET UP BEFORE MIDNIGHT BUT
WILL BREAK AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO
                    35 MPH POSSIBLE.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
INVERSION...........BREAKING AROUND MIDNIGHT BEHIND FRONTAL PASSAGE.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............2 VERY LOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........46-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.
INVERSION...........NONE EXPECTED.

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FORECASTER...VANDENHEUVEL
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120905.ELBOW.02/TFX