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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
522 AM MDT WED SEP 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0419 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
TODAY WITH AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP MINIMUM HUMIDITIES GENERALLY IN THE 30
PERCENT RANGE TODAY. WINDS WILL BE WESTERLY AND BREEZY THIS
MORNING...THEN BECOME LIGHT AND TERRAIN-DRIVEN THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY ON THURSDAY THOUGH STILL REMAIN
LIGHT. GOOD RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    AND ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60 RIDGES. 65-70 VALLEYS.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING
                    LIGHT AFTER 1400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES..............2.
INVERSION...........WILL BREAK AROUND 1100.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............2.
INVERSION...........WILL DEVELOP AFTER 2200.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............2.
INVERSION...........WILL BREAK AROUND 1000.

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FORECASTER...VANDENHEUVEL
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120926.ELBOW.01/TFX