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SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEP CR  3B...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
909 AM MDT WED MAY 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 MDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY
AND BRING ANOTHER VERY WARM AND DRY DAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT...BUT WITH GOOD OVERNIGHT
RECOVER. THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON...GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A
LOW PRESSURE TROF WILL APPROACH THE AREA THURSDAY AND THE AIRMASS
WILL AGAIN BECOME UNSTABLE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING AND WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN FROM THE WEST.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT GAL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT GAL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL BECOME
                    WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH LATE
                    THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT GAL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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