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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGELAND RX UNIT 19A...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1131 AM MDT MON APR 27 2009

...THIS IS A TEST ONLY. PLEASE IGNORE....


FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A STRONG COLD FRONT APPEARS TO BE CROSSING THE BURN SITE AT THIS
TIME...AND SHOULD BE THROUGH THE BURN AREA BY 10 AM THIS MORNING.
WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL BEHIND THE FRONT AND
DROP INTO THE 40S BY THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE
ON THE RISE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT AS COLD AIR BUILDS
IN. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING NEARBY AND MAY SPREAD INTO
THE BURN AREA BUT THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL THIS
AFTERNOON WITH GOOD WETTING RAIN CHANCES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. COOL
AND UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................27 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........56-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SNOW OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................57 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........93-98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MIDDENDORF
REQUESTED BY...LEE OLD BEAR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090427.VTEST.01/BYZ