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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED SHALE...LEWIS AND CLARK NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
333 PM MDT SUN AUG 11 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1455 MDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...

.DISCUSSION...

THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
WET AND SLOW MOVING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AND
LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THUNDERSTORMS...OTHERWISE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
LIGHT.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 THIS EVENING...2 AFTER MIDNIGHT

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................3 AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130811.REDSH.02/TFX