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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
553 AM MDT THU SEP 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0537 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A FEW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH
LOW CLOUDS. EXPECT CLEARING CONDITIONS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT
SHOULD BE WARM AND DRY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THEN THERE IS A CHANCE
FOR VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. SOME
STORMS COULD PRODUCE LITTLE RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. IT STAYS
MILD AND BREEZY ON MONDAY...WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR VALLEY
RAIN/MOUNTAIN SNOW NEXT TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...WITH A FEW LIGHT RAIN
                    SHOWERS...MOSTLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL BY LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
INVERSION...........SHOULD BREAK LATER TODAY WITH THE LOW CLOUDS.
                    AROUND 1 PM.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35 VALLEYS...NEAR 40 RIDGES.
MAX HUMIDITY........94-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE AT 4 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT WINDS.
INVERSION...........SETTING UP QUICKLY IN THE VALLEYS THIS EVENING.
                    BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT WINDS.
INVERSION...........BREAKING BETWEEN AND 10 AND 11 AM.

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FORECASTER...BRUSDA
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120906.ELBOW.01/TFX