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SPOT FORECAST FOR JIMTOWN NATURAL UNIT  3...HELENA DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
156 PM MDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH THE BIGGEST IMPACT EXPECTED TO BE GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS
AND THE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE
OVERNIGHT WITH DOWNSLOPE FLOW LIKELY IN THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. A SHALLOW
LAYER NOCTURNAL INVERSION WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE INVERSION BREAKING
AROUND MID MORNING. DAYTIME TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS WILL BE LIKELY HIGHER
UP ON THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL TREND ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW MONDAYS HIGH.
TUESDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL TREND SIMILAR TO MONDAY NIGHTS WITH
SIMILAR RH RECOVERIES. AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE
POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED WITH AFTERNOON UPSLOPE WINDS
                    AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS LESS THAN 20 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY CHANCE OR RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SUK
REQUESTED BY...DUNLAP
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.JIMTO.01/TFX