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SPOT FORECAST FOR FAIRY LAKE SEARCH...GALLATIN SAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
951 AM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0923 MDT ON JUNE 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MONTANA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SEARCH AND RESCUE AREA. WINDS WILL BE
BREEZY AT THE RIDGE TOPS DURING THIS TIME AS WELL...BUT WIND GUSTS
COULD BECOME MORE ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. CLOUDS WILL LIKELY
REMAIN ABOVE THE GIVEN SAR ELEVATION FOR THE BULK OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD...BUT STRONGER SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LOWER
CEILINGS AT TIMES AND MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS WILL PERSIST FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...BUT THE MORE VARIABLE CONDITIONS WILL BE LESS LIKELY.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS
                    IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS
                    WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO
                    30 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE ERRATIC
                    WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO
                    30 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE ERRATIC
                    WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS
                    WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
                    ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. MORE ERRATIC WIND GUSTS
                    POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. MORE ERRATIC WIND GUSTS
                    POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...DON GODWARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110616.FAIRY.01/TFX