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SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER ARMELLS...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
734 AM MST TUE JAN 29 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0720 MST ON JANUARY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW UNTIL
1700 MST TUESDAY.

.DISCUSSION...STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHED SOUTH OF LEWISTOWN EARLIER
THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WITH TEMPERATURES
STEADY OR FALLING THRU THE DAY. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS EXPECTED
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING TOWARD EVENING.
SNOW ACTIVITY WILL DISSIPATE AS WELL THIS EVE BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF
SNOW LIKELY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM COMES THRU
CENTRAL MONTANA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOW.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....11-14.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 35 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN THE
                    EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....ZERO TO 5 ABOVE ZERO.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....15-20.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...JOSH BARTA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130129.UPPER.01/TFX