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SPOT FORECAST FOR SWEATS...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1200 PM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1137 MDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP CONDITIONS DRY TODAY ALTHOUGH
SOUTHEAST WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL STRENGTHEN...WITH GUSTS POSSIBLE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE
FOR PRECIPITATION LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STAY NEAR OR ABOVE 20 PERCENT TODAY WITH
GOOD RECOVERY TONIGHT. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL RISE FURTHER WEDNESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH LATE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST 35 TO 40 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...KIM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130521.SWEAT.01/TFX