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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED SHALE...LEWIS AND CLARK NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
520 AM MDT SAT AUG 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0630 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER REGION WILL BRING WARM TEMPERATURES
AND LIGHT WINDS TO THE BURN AREA THIS WEEKEND. A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL FUEL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE SLOW
MOVING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING
OR DEBRIS FLOWS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......VARIABLE WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1 PM MDT...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......VARIABLE WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES..............4 LOW.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 9 PM MDT...THEN 2.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES..............4 LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2 PM MDT...THEN 3.

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FORECASTER...MPJ
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130810.REDSH.01/TFX