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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION COULEE...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
119 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS TUESDAY SHIFTING THE WINDS TO THE WEST...WITH GUSTY WINDS
EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SHOWERS IN THE EARLY
                    AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH GUSTING TO 20 MPH
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH GUSTING TO
                    20 MPH AFTER 2 PM.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH GUSTING TO 20 MPH
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH GUSTING TO
                    20 MPH AFTER 2 PM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING WEST IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING AND INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING WEST IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING AND INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LANGLIEB
REQUESTED BY...KRISTOPHER GEORGE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120521.LIONC.03/TFX