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SPOT FORECAST FOR MOOSE MOUNTAIN...LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
130 PM MDT MON SEP 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1301 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS MONTANA TODAY
AND TONIGHT BRINGING GUSTY WINDS BUT FEW CLOUDS. NEAR-CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS MINIMUM HUMIDITY DROPS
TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING AS THE
TROUGH MOVES DOWNSTREAM. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH LIGHTER WINDS
EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP
                    TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 35 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING DECREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AT 35 MPH DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...MARK CONWAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120910.MOOSE.01/TFX