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SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
945 AM MST TUE FEB 26 2002

.SHORT TERM...WILL UPDATE ZONES AS WELL AS STATE FORECAST PRODUCT.
LEE SIDE SURFACE TROF HELPING TO WARM TEMPERATURES...HOWEVER TEMPS
WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS FOECAST SO WILL DROP TODAYS HIGH IN MOST
AREAS. WINDS SHOULD PICK UP AND WILL REFRESH WORDING IN SOME OF
THE NORTHERN ZONES. BIL WILL LET THEIR WIND CHILL ADVISORY EXPIRE
AT 10 AM SO WILL UPDATE STATE FORECAST PRODUCT. CAMP.

EXTENDED...NEW MRF CONSISTENT IN SHOWING FLAT RIDGE WITH NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CWA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE DROPPING A COLD
FRONT SOUTHWARD THRU THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
WILL BE THE WARMER DAYS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS WITH DOWNSLOPE
WEST WINDS. AFTER A BRIEF COOL DOWN SUNDAY...THE MRF GUIDANCE WARMS
TEMPS CONSIDERABLY ON MONDAY. HOWEVER...FEEL THE MODEL SCOURS OUT THE
COLD AIR TOO FAST...AND CURRENT FORECAST HANDLES THIS WELL. CURRENT
FORECAST OF MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE PERIOD LOOKS GOOD AS
WELL...AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES. JPV

.CCF NUMBERS
GTF BN 025/012 028/014 026 08121
   JNNEE 010/038 025/039 015/035 016/036 016 33211111111
CTB BN 022/008 025/012 023 08121
   ENNEE 006/037 022/035 016/027 013/030 013 32211111111
HLN BE 012/008 025/012 025 08132
   JEEEE 008/037 018/036 014/033 015/032 015 33222222222
BZN BE 010/005 025/008 026 08232
   JEEEE 005/031 010/032 010/027 013/029 013 34322222222
WEY BJ 000/912 017/906 018 08243
   JEEEE 908/023 905/024 910/018 908/020 908 44333333333
DLN BE 014/004 024/007 026 08121
   JEEEE 005/030 015/032 011/026 012/029 012 32222222222
HVR BE 021/005 025/012 024 08122
   ENNEE 010/038 020/037 015/031 019/033 019 33211111111
LWT BE 023/004 026/012 024 08122
   JNNEE 007/038 021/036 018/030 020/033 020 34311111111

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