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SPOT FORECAST FOR BECKETT...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
239 PM MDT MON APR 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON APRIL 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
TRACK INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT THEN MOVE BY TO THE SOUTH OF
THE REGION ACROSS WYOMING ON TUESDAY. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD
OF THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...WITH MOSTLY
CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY
EVENING. MOST OF THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL
REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA...HOWEVER A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS CANNOT
BE RULED OUT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COOLER AIR AND
SOMEWHAT HIGHER HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AS WELL.
WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND MAINLY OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER AS THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER MOVES BY TO THE SOUTH...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME BREEZY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN
EXPOSED AREAS. HOENISCH

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND
                    EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO
                    10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE INT HE MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH INT HE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HOENISCH
REQUESTED BY...DAN MCMASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100406.BECKE.01/TFX