FNUS75 KGGW 111356
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD CREEK...BLM LED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
756 AM MDT SAT APR 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON APRIL 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE FRONT LOOKS TO PUSH THROUGH AROUND 1900 THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS
SWITCHING TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASING AROUND MIDNIGHT. SUNDAY
POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH...BECOMING EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400 THEN 2.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 4-8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 4-8 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH AROUND
                    1900. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 13-18 MPH AROUND
                    MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 23 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GILCHRIST
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090411.COTTO.01/GGW