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Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT

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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP ASPEN 47...USFS WHITE SULPHUR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
636 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MAY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE BURN AREA THIS
MORNING. THE AIRMASS WILL DESTABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EAST
WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY BY AFTERNOON AND
WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH THIS
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LIKELY
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 35 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 18 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH.


$$
FORECASTER...EMANUEL
REQUESTED BY...JACOB HOPPE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130522.SHEEP.01/TFX