FNUS75 KTFX 081704
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SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST FORK...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1104 AM MDT SAT SEP 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1030 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
MONDAY NIGHT FOR MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FOLLOWED BY A FRONTAL PASSAGE AND GUSTY WEST WINDS MONDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE ZONES THROUGH TONIGHT
BUT THE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST AS A LOW PRESSURE TROF MOVES OVER
THE WEST COAST BY MORNING. SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND
BECOME SLOPE DRIVEN DURING THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS...AND RECOVERIES TONIGHT WILL
BE POOR.

ON SUNDAY...VERY WARM...DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
BY EARLY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1500 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND 2100 SUNDAY EVENING.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO
INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY WITH STRONG WEST WINDS AND GUSTS
OF 40-50 MPH EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER RIDGE
TOPS AND ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND ADJACENT PLAINS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING DOWN SLOPE 3-5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 15 TO 20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING
                    TO 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO
                    15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...SPENCER GILCHRIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120908.EASTF.01/TFX