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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP ASPEN 54   61...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
555 AM MDT WED MAY 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE BURN AREA WILL SLOWLY
MOVE EAST TODAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN DROP INTO
THE TEENS BUT CLOUDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE
AIRMASS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC IN THE
VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE BURN AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL
                    BECOME WEST 7 TO 10 MPH BY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...EMANUEL
REQUESTED BY...MARC HAMLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120516.SHEEP.01/TFX