FNUS75 KTFX 091345
FWSTFX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAYMAKER RX UNIT 8...USDA FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
745 AM MDT THU MAY 9 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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 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.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM AFTER
                    1300 MDT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST AF 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AFTER NOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR
                    THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE SUNSET.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH AFTER 0700 MDT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND
                    20 MPH AFTER 0300 MDT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                    NOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING DIMINISHING
                    TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    DIMINISHING TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...LANGLIEB
REQUESTED BY...MUSSELSHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130509.HAYMA.02/TFX