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WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
215 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 1998

00Z RUN OF MODELS CONTINUE WITH SAME TREND. WARM DRY WEATHER UNDER
STRONG RIDGE PATTERN FOR NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  DAYTIME TEMPS
GRADUALLY WARMING...WITH ZERO POPS. AVN SHOWS LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST
U.S. LIFTING NORTH AND OPENING UP INTO A TROUGH AS RIDGE SHIFTS EAST
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY. INCREASED MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY SPREADS NORTH INTO IDAHO AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA BY
THURSDAY. SOMETHING TO WATCH DURING NEXT FEW DAYS. MSJ

...FORECASTS BELOW ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE...

LIB .. 053/026 059/... ... 35000
FCA UU 055/025 060/025 062 35000
POL .. 056/031 061/... ... 35000
MSO UU 060/026 063/027 065 35000
HMM .. 061/027 065/... ... 35000
BTM .. 056/020 059/... ... 35000
S80 .. 060/029 063/... ... 35000
P69 .. 063/036 068/... ... 35000
SMN .. 059/026 061/... ... 35000