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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED SHALE...LEWIS AND CLARK NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
310 PM MDT WED JUL 24 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1437 MDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING WITH
WIND SPEEDS UP TO 20 MPH AND A FEW HIGHER GUSTS WITH A BOUNDARY
PUSHING IN FROM ALBERTA. WHILE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...GUSTY ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS FROM
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PLAINS COULD AFFECT THE FIRE AREA. EASTERLY
UPSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH WINDS SHIFTING SOUTHEAST
BY THURSDAY MORNING AND SOUTHWEST BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING
                    NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS SHIFTING EAST AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT 15 TO 20 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......EAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3

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FORECASTER...VANDENHEUVEL
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130724.REDSH.02/TFX