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SPOT FORECAST FOR MUSSELSHELL HAND PILES...USFS LCF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
956 AM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES. LIGHT SURFACE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME
SOUTHEASTERLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SOMEWHAT BREEZY. AN UPPER LOW
MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE
FOR PRECIPITATION LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STAY ABOVE 25 PERCENT TODAY WITH
GOOD RECOVERY TONIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE WEDNESDAY
AND REMAIN ABOVE 40 PERCENT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS
                    TO 30 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST 35-40 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...DARWIN REYNOLDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130521.MUSSE.01/TFX