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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION COULEE...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
738 AM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0750 MDT ON MAY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVERHEAD WILL RESULT IN COOLER
TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS MORNING. A BREAK IN
THE CLOUD COVER LATER THIS MORNING WILL ALLOW DAYTIME HEATING TO BRING
ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STRONGER WESTERLY
WINDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING
                    BEFORE SOME CLEARING...AND A RETURN OF SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 35 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SUK
REQUESTED BY...KRISTOPHER GEORGE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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