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SPOT FORECAST FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE EVALUATION...CIVIL AIR PATROL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
746 AM MDT SAT MAY 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0708 MDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT
OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SOME DRYING
WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES OVER
THE AREA BY SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN. CEILINGS
                    4000 FEET BUT OCCASIONALLY NEAR 2500 FEET.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................65 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT.
                    CEILINGS 7000 FEET THEN NO CEILING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................55 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    NO CEILING BUT NEAR 7000 FEET IN RAIN.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST NEAR 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BLANK
REQUESTED BY...SPENCER GILCHRIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
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