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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1454 MDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH MIDNIGHT
AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. DRIER AIR RETURNS TO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY
WHILE THE UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR CRITICALLY
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WITH LOWER RH RECOVERIES AT NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................3 DECREASING TO 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES..............3 INCREASING TO 4.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...NUTTER
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130813.REDSH.02/TFX