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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED SHALE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
501 AM MDT TUE AUG 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0443 MDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. DRIER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES DOWN
TO NEAR OR BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LIGHT
EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT FOR THE VALLEYS AND MODERATE RECOVERIES FOR THE RIDGE TOPS.

.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.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................2 BECOMING 3 AFTER NOON.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE AROUND MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................3 BECOMING 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............4 LOW

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FORECASTER...LANGLIEB
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130813.REDSH.01/TFX