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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP ASPEN   47...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
528 AM MDT WED MAY 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MAY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN TODAY AS PACIFIC
WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SCATTERED CLOUDS DURING
THE DAY WITH WINDS BECOMING BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR A STRAY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM LATE AFTERNOON-EARLY EVENING.
SURFACE COLD FRONT SHOULD REACH BURN AREA AROUND SUNSET. WINDS
SHIFTING TO WEST-NORTHWEST WITH WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN OVERNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN
                    SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...MARC HAMLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120509.SHEEP.01/TFX