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SPOT FORECAST FOR BISHOP PARK RESCUE...GALLATIN SAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
440 PM MDT MON SEP 19 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1609 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WITH ASSOCIATED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA BY 1800 MDT. STRONG AND GUSTY
WEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.
WINDS AND SHOWERS/STORMS WILL DECREASE FROM 2000 MDT THROUGH 2400
MDT. CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS MAY ALLOW PATCHY FOG TO
FORM OVERNIGHT. A DRIER AND DECREASING NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT
WILL KEEP SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY WITH MUCH
LIGHTER WINDS OVERALL.  COULSTON


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MORE NUMEROUS
                    RAIN SHOWERS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS LIKELY
                    OBSCURING THE RIDGE TOPS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS MOSTLY 15 TO
                    25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......VERY WINDY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO
                    45 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...AGAIN POSSIBLY
                    OBSCURING RIDGE TOPS. PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT WITH PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS MOSTLY 10 TO 20 MPH WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH UNTIL
                    AROUND 2000 MDT DECREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH UNTIL AROUND
                    2000 MDT DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY
                    MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT REMINGTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110919.BISHO.01/TFX