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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
510 AM MDT SUN SEP 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0437 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE REGION WILL REMAIN UNDERNEATH HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
BUT A SHORTWAVE TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL BRING ADDITIONAL MID LEVEL
MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE
TEENS AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TODAY AND MONDAY. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
WILL BE GOOD AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND POOR AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON.
GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS BUT ELSEWHERE
SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74 VALLEYS...65-70 RIDGES.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT VALLEYS...22-27 PERCENT RIDGES.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
INVERSION...........AROUND 7000 FT BREAKING AROUND 0900.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40 VALLEYS...45-55 SLOPES.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-70 PERCENT...35-45 PERCENT SLOPES.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......EAST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
INVERSION...........FORMING NEAR 7500 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74 VALLEYS...63-72 RIDGES.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT VALLEYS...21-28 PERCENT RIDGES.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1 BECOMING 2 AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
INVERSION...........AROUND 7500 FEET BREAKING AROUND 0900.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120923.ELBOW.01/TFX