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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
518 AM MDT SUN SEP 30 2012

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY BRINGING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
THAT WILL CONTINUE MONDAY. MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN ABOVE 25
PERCENT TODAY BUT DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOW 20S ON MONDAY.
BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOP TONIGHT...BECOMING STRONGER AND GUSTY
MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION OF CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND
WIND WILL CREATE NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY.

TUESDAY...A CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE MID-TUESDAY WITH SHARPLY
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LIKELY WETTING PRECIPITATION TUESDAY NIGHT.
EXPECT SNOW ABOVE 4500 FEET OVERNIGHT TUESDAY WITH A RAIN AND SNOW
MIX AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. EFFECTS FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL LAST UNTIL
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............2
INVERSION...........SHELTERED VALLEYS...BREAKING BY 1000 MDT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............2
INVERSION...........SHELTERED VALLEYS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............2
INVERSION...........SHELTERED VALLEYS...BREAKING BY 1000 MDT.

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FORECASTER...GUSTAFSON
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120930.ELBOW.01/TFX