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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED SHALE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
251 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0741 MDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP THE AREA DRY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY.
DOWNSLOPE AND DOWN VALLEY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. A WIND SHIFT TO
THE NORTHEAST COULD OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS OF 10 TO
15 MPH POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE IN THIS HAPPENING SO
SO WILL GO WITH THE NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH SEEM MORE LIKELY. BLANK

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH LATE AFTERNOON AND
                    EARLY EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE AROUND 5 MPH
                    AFTER 9 PM MDT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO
                    10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES..............5.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................NEAR 0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES..............4.

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FORECASTER...BLANK
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130723.REDSH.01/TFX