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SPOT FORECAST FOR TIMBER CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
613 AM MDT THU APR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 MDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. HIGH
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE IN THE MORNING...WITH FALLING READINGS
THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN THIS MORNING BUT SHOULD NOT
PRODUCE PRECIPITATION. A FEW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP TO THE WEST AND
NORTH OF THE SITE EARLY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. THE MOST LIKELY START TIME FOR
PRECIPITATION WILL BE THIS EVENING...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW
OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY WITH SOME LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THE COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HUMPHREY

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING.
    WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH BY MID
    MORNING...THE TURNING TO THE NORTH BY AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. STEADY RAIN DEVELOPING BY MID EVENING.
    RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................48 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW. SNOW MIXING WITH RAIN AT TIMES
    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................68 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
MIN HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN ANDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090423.TIMBE.01/BYZ