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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP ASPEN  57...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
631 AM MDT SUN APR 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING WARMER CONDITIONS TO THE BURN AREA TODAY.
THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BE
GENERALLY LIGHT BUT WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY
DROP INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR MONDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH THIS MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH BY 11 AM MDT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...EMANUEL
REQUESTED BY...MARC HAMLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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