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SPOT FORECAST FOR ALICE CREEK RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
834 AM MDT THU MAY 9 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON MAY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN UNSTABLE FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT
IN SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS
WILL START OVER THE MOUNTAINS AROUND NOON AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST
INTO THE NEARBY PLAINS AND VALLEYS AFTER 1300 MDT. WINDS TODAY WILL
BE MAINLY LIGHT HOWEVER GUSTS OVER 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FRONT WILL MOVE MOVE THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY  MORNING BRINGING A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND A PERIOD
OF BREEZY WINDS. A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.
LANGLIEB

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH AROUND 0600 MDT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH AROUND 0600 MDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH DIMINISHING TO 10 TO
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LANGLIEB
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL KAISER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130509.ALICE.01/TFX