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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG SKY SAR RECOVERY...MEAGHER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
224 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1353 MDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA ARE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 6 PM BUT
ISOLATED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED AT LEAST UNTIL MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
WINDS TO 40 MPH HOUR AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED
NEAR THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER 5 PM.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60 CHANCE OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AT
                    10 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN THIS EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...JON LOPP SHERIFF CORONER
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110722.BIGSK.02/TFX