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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED SHALE...LEWIS AND CLARK NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
222 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1404 MDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL 10 PM THIS
EVENING...THEN IT SHOULD BE MOSTLY DRY UNTIL LATE WED
AFTERNOON/EVENING WHEN ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
THROUGH. EXPECT WARMER TEMPERATURES TOMORROW...BUT WITH SOME
CLOUD COVER AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES SHOULD GENERALLY BE ABOVE 25
PERCENT THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. OVERALL...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT A GUSTY ERRATIC WIND GUST WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN/NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE AT 4 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AT 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST NEAR 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AT 4 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...BRUSDA
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130730.REDSH.02/TFX