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SPOT FORECAST FOR LIME GULCH...LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
237 PM MDT TUE APR 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1430 MDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...COLD FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...

A WARM AIRMASS OVER THE REGION WILL GIVE WAY TO A COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL BRING A
WIND SHIFT AND PRECIPITATION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. A FEW ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-39.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE LATE MORNING...THEN RAIN AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON...SOME THUNDER
                    IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-51...FALLING INTO THE 30S IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...SHIFTING WEST BETWEEN
                    NOON AND 3 PM...AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS 10 MPH...SHIFTING WEST BETWEEN
                    NOON AND 3 PM...AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.