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SPOT FORECAST FOR TEST - DO NOT NEED FORECAST...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
333 PM MDT THU SEP 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1550 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
A COOL NIGHT AHEAD AS SHOWERS AND CLOUDS DECREASE FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS WELL. A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD IN THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL
PROVIDE WARMER TEMPERATURES. FALLING HUMIDITIES WILL ACCOMPANY THE
WARMING TEMPERATURES. HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SOME WESTERN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS
POTENTIALLY SEEING THE UPPER TEENS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

POTENTIALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MOVE IN FOR THE
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PERIOD OVER THE WEST...AND MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY PERIOD IN THE EAST. THE WEST WILL START ON SUNDAY AS
HUMIDITIES DROP WELL INTO THE TEENS AND WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
INCREASE. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A DISTURBANCE CREATING
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME OF WHICH COULD
BE DRY WITH STRONG WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...IT WILL BE VERY WARM
AND DRY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S...ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS.
THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE A DRAMATIC WIND SHIFT AND PUSH IN COOLER
AIR FOR TUESDAY. DESPITE THE COOLER AIR TUESDAY...FIRE CONDITIONS
COULD REMAIN CRITICAL AS THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN VERY DRY AND WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE STRONG. TWH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........3.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
HAINES INDEX........4.

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FORECASTER...LESTER
REQUESTED BY...VIRGIL MIDDENDORF 2
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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