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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP CREEK ASPEN UNIT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
548 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 MDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND
THEN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY.
SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS. DURING THE DAY WINDS
WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE WEST AND THEN SHIFT TO A NORTHEASTERLY
DRAINAGE WIND OVERNIGHT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR
30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN RECOVER OVERNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MLV
REQUESTED BY...JACOB HOPPE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.SHEEP.01/TFX