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SPOT FORECAST FOR CROW CREEK RX...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
916 AM MDT WED APR 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0920 MDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 3 PM AND
6PM AND WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND SOME MAY PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. COOLER AND MOIST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY WITH RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS BY THURSDAY
EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM WEST TO NORTH ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO 15
                    TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER GUSTS NEAR
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-31.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING WEST AND
                    THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...VANDENHEUVEL
REQUESTED BY...DAVIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120404.CROWC.01/TFX