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SPOT FORECAST FOR OBAMA 2009...GALLATIN SAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1054 AM MDT SAT AUG 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1011 MDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE MAIN PUSH OF MOISTURE THAT BROUGHT SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO GALLATIN COUNTY YESTERDAY AND LAST
NIGHT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. ONLY SCATTERED MID
LEVEL CLOUDS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...
A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND CAUSE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON...MAINLY AFTER 1 PM MDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT
BE AS STRONG AS THOSE YESTERDAY...BUT GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF SMALL
HAIL. SNOW SHOWERS MAY OCCUR WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AS WELL ABOVE 8000 FEET MSL.

AVIATION CONCERNS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE MOSTLY EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY.
HOWEVER...LOCAL MVFR CEILINGS WITH AREAS OF MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION MAY
ACCOMPANY THE SCATTERED CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALSO CONTAIN
LOCAL MVFR CONDITIONS WITH AREAS OF MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION...AND GUSTY
ERRATIC WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

NOTE...SKY/WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE A GENERAL FORECAST FOR GALLATIN
COUNTY...BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE ELEMENTS ARE SPOT-SPECIFIC TO
GALLATIN FIELD IN BELGRADE AND WEST YELLOWSTONE (AS STATED BELOW).
ALSO...PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE IF FURTHER CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH ISOLATED RAIN
                    AND SNOW SHOWERS NEAR WEST YELLOWSTONE. BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND MOUNTAIN RAIN AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS...AS WELL AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................BELGRADE...5 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...20 PERCENT
                               IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    WEST YELLOWSTONE...15 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...
                                       30 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BELGRADE...68-73.
                    WEST YELLOWSTONE...61-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........BELGRADE...21-26 PERCENT.
                    WEST YELLOWSTONE...24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BELGRADE AND WEST YELLOWSTONE...LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE WINDS IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......BELGRADE AND WEST YELLOWSTONE...NORTHWEST WINDS
                    10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...DON GODWARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20090815.OBAMA.01/TFX