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SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST FORK...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1158 AM MDT SUN SEP 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1124 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
MONDAY NIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND CLOUD COVER WILL
INCREASE AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...AND SOME GUSTINESS
WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON. ALSO...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 1400 HRS...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AND VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION. THE
COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING. CURRENT TIMING SHOWS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE BETWEEN 1700
AND 1800 HRS. STRONGEST WEST WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE...OTHERWISE WEST
WINDS 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
NIGHT. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT
MONDAY NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER 1400 HRS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH...AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 25 MPH
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
                    LIGHT CHANCE OF EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
                    MPH DECREASING DURING THE EVENING 10 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 40 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 10-15 MPH INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 40 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...SPENCER GILCHRIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120909.EASTF.01/TFX