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SPOT FORECAST FOR SMITH RIVER SEARCH...MEAGHER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
750 AM MDT SAT MAY 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0741 MDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. PERIODS OF LIGHTER RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND
WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN.
BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BUT
THEY WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT ON SUNDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES TODAY...BUT
THEY WILL LIKELY WARM UP TO NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES FOR SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...JON LOPP SHERIFF CORONER
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110521.SMITH.01/TFX