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SPOT FORECAST FOR JIMTOWN RX UNIT 1...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
445 AM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1625 MDT ON MAY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN A SLOW REBOUND TODAY AS DRY
              NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES TO LIMIT HIGH
              TEMPERATURES. LIGHT GENERAL WINDS WILL OCCUR
              THROUGHOUT THE FORECASTED TIME...MAKING LOCAL TERRAIN
              THE DOMINATING FACTOR IN WIND SPEEDS. INVERSION
              SHOULD BE A LITTLE STRONGER AND DEEPER THIS MORNING
              WITH A SLIGHTLY SHALLOWER AND QUICKER TO BREAK
              INVERSION SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS
              ARE POSSIBLE...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF ALIGNING
              WITH THE GENERAL WIND SUNDAY...AND CREATING SLIGHTLY
              STRONGER GUSTS SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED. UPSLOPE WINDS WILL BEGIN
                    WITH THE BREAKUP OF THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION
                    AROUND 10 AM. UPSLOPE WINDS SHOULD INCREASE
                    TO AROUND 10 MPH. WITH GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DRAINAGE WIND DEVELOPING AROUND 11 PM DOWNSLOPE
                    LESS THAN 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED. UPSLOPE WINDS WILL BEGIN
                    WITH THE BREAKUP OF THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION
                    AROUND 10 AM. UPSLOPE WINDS SHOULD INCREASE
                    TO AROUND 15 MPH. WITH GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SUK
REQUESTED BY...DAVID NUNN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120511.JIMTO.02/TFX