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SPOT FORECAST -- FAIRY LAKE RX -- USFS GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1255 PM MDT WED OCT 22 2003

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY
WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE BURN AREA. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AROUND NOON ON
THURSDAY USHERING IN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS.
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY NIGHT.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-62 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........43-49 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 30 MPH.

$$
ARTHUR

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