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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED SHALE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
449 AM MDT SUN AUG 11 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0420 MDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA KEEPING
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. A MOIST AIRMASS WILL
KEEP HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS WITH GOOD RECOVERIES AT NIGHT.
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
ERRATIC WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4
HAINES..............4 LOW

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE AFTER 2100 MDT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE WINDS BECOMING EAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW

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FORECASTER...LANGLIEB
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130811.REDSH.01/TFX