FNUS75 KMSO 310156
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR RIGBY SAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
756 PM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1925 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE EFFECTS OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE MINIMAL
ON FLIGHT OPERATIONS TUESDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...THE COOL UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH THAT FOLLOWS WILL INTRODUCE LOWER CLOUDS CEILING
AND PRECIPITATION TO THE GLACIER PARK REGION FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING AND LOWERING OVERNIGHT...BUT THERE
MIGHT BE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY RIGHT AWAY IN THE MORNING.
OTHERWISE...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THE
LATER PART OF WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AGAIN UNTIL LATER THURSDAY. SNOW IS
EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS (ABOVE 6500 FEET) WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY.

.TODAY (WEDNESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN
                    SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 3-8 MPH.

.TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
                    RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS 8-15 MPH. GUSTS UP
                    TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MSJ
REQUESTED BY...KYLE JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110830.RIGBY.01/MSO