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SPOT FORECAST FOR BROWNING PROGRAMMATIC...BLACKFEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1117 AM MDT THU MAY 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1110 MDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THIS EVENING...LIKELY BRINGING WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY DURING THE
EVENING. THIS WILL ALSO KEEP AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE 30
PERCENT WITH GOOD RECOVERY TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME WEAKLY
UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS...BUT THE
MAIN IMPACT WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. GENERALLY...THOUGH...WINDS
WILL SHIFT MORE WESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT
THEY WILL SHIFT BACK MORE OUT OF THE NORTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS A
CANADIAN COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.  COULSTON

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 TO 20 MPH BY 1500 MDT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...TYSON RUNNING WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120517.BROWN.01/TFX