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SPOT FORECAST FOR PINE...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
434 PM MDT MON JUL 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1619 MDT ON JULY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST MONTANA INTO CENTRAL
MONTANA BY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM MAY HAVE ONE INCH HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND DAMAGING
WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS
BEFORE ENDING AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. DEVELOPING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    ...ONE INCH HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...ONE INCH HAIL AND STRONG
                    GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AT 25 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...SHOBE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090706.PINE_.01/TFX