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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
517 AM MDT MON SEP 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0432 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...INCREASING MID-UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE AND MARGINAL
INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE LOW 20S THIS AFTERNOON WITH GOOD
RECOVERIES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...A
WIND SHIFT FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTH IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THERE
IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ON
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1...2 AFTER 1400.
HAINES..............3.
INVERSION...........WILL BREAK BY 1100.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3.
INVERSION...........WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65 RIDGES. 65-70 VALLEYS.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1...2 AFTER 1400.
HAINES..............3.
INVERSION...........WILL BREAK BY 1100.

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FORECASTER...VANDENHEUVEL
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120924.ELBOW.01/TFX