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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG SKY SAR RECOVERY...GALLATIN COUNTY SAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1251 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1223 MDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A LOW PRESSURE TROF WILL KEEP THE AIRMASS SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AND
UNSETTLED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA. MOST OF THESE SHOWERS SHOULD BE EAST OF THE
SITE BY 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL LINGER IN
THE AREA THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH SHOULD
BE EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. WEST WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND REMAIN AROUND 10 TO 15
MPH. BROKEN TO OVERCAST CEILINGS OF 6000 FEET AGL WILL BECOME
SCATTERED BY 6 PM.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS DECREASING
                    DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS KENT
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110722.BIGSK.01/TFX