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SPOT FORECAST FOR ASHBRIDGE SPRINGS RX...LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
605 AM MDT WED MAR 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 MDT ON MARCH 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR TODAY. THE PASSAGE OF
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL RESULT IN SURFACE WINDS SHIFTING
TO THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THERE MIGHT
BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT
FOR A LIGHT RAIN SHOWER THIS AFTERNOON AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWER
OVERNIGHT. A CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
AND THURSDAY FOR SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A CONTINUED
THREAT OF A SNOW SHOWER. BLANK

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................NEAR 0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    NEAR NOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS.
CWR.................NEAR 0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BLANK
REQUESTED BY...MARK CONWAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100317.ASHBR.01/TFX