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SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWER AVALANCHE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1055 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1037 MDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN DRY CONDITIONS WITH GENERALLY CLEAR
SKIES OVER THE REGION TODAY...EXCEPT FOR AREAS OF SMOKE FROM
ACTIVE FIRES IN WESTERN MT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER THAN YESTERDAY
BUT STILL SOMEWHAT BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON OVER EXPOSED RIDGETOPS
WHILE LOWER SLOPES AND DRAINAGES WILL SEE LIGHT SLOPE-DRIVEN
WINDS. HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL LIKELY ONLY BE MODERATE TONIGHT WITH
A THERMAL BELT EXPECTED AT MID-UPPER SLOPES. A SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT DEVELOPS LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUES TO THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY
WITH BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HOENISCH

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 10 TO 15 MPH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING
                    DOWN-SLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE
                    IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL:2
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH WINDS 5-10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HOENISCH
REQUESTED BY...HDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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