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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRYSTAL MOUNTANIN SEARCH...GALLATIN SAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
543 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1726 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A DISTURBANCE IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL
BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SEARCH AREA
MOSTLY THROUGH 2000 MDT. AS THE DISTURBANCE EXITS THE AREA AFTER
2000 MDT...THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE OVERNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS ARE STRONG
ERRATIC WIND GUSTS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.  COULSTON


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE AT 5 TO 10 MPH...BUT WITH WIND GUSTS
                    UP TO 40 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AROUND 2000 MDT...THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS BY MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE AT 5 TO 10 MPH...BUT WITH WIND GUSTS
                    UP TO 40 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST THEN NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...DON GODWARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20120810.CRYST.01/TFX