FNUS75 KTFX 202029 FWSTFX SPOT FORECAST FOR RAINBOW EVENT 2013...MISSOULA FD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 229 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1435 MDT ON JUNE 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AS AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE RAIN SHOWERS MAY MIX WITH SNOW SHOWERS ABOVE ELEVATIONS 7000 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN AVERAGE THROUGH FRIDAY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49. RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN AND SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN AND SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36. RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53. RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST-NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...VANDENHEUVEL REQUESTED BY...OKON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130620.RAINB.01/TFX