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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
605 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...
COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW HAS MOVED IN OVER
THE AREA BRINGING MUCH NEEDING PRECIPITATION. PRECIPITATION WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON BUT SOME LINGER SHOWERS MAY BE
SEEN. NORTH NORTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP COOL TEMPERATURES AND ISOLATED
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE AREA INTO MID-THURSDAY. WINDS WILL
REMAIN NORTHERLY TODAY AND SLOWLY TAPER OFF INTO THE NIGHT. THERE
WILL BE A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO EARLY
THURSDAY BEFORE MOISTURE MOVES OUT OF THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW. RAIN SNOW MIX MAY DEVELOP AFTER
                    10AM AS TEMPERATURES WARM.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-40.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............2
INVERSION...........INVERSION DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....13-18.
MAX HUMIDITY........92-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............2
INVERSION...........INVERSION DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
                    TAPERS OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....31-38.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......EAST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............2
INVERSION...........INVERSION DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.

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FORECASTER...GUSTAFSON
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121003.ELBOW.01/TFX