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FXUS65 KMSO 191544
AFDMSO

WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
845 AM MST TUE MAR 19 2002

.SHORT TERM...WILL UPDATE ZONES BY 915 AM MST...NO UPDATES TO SFP.
NO CHANGES TO CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS...ALTHOUGH WILL EXTEND VALID TIME
BY 1800Z. SNOW FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA THIS MORNING...EXCEPT
IDAHO VALLEYS WITH GUSTY WINDS. WINDS IN THE GRANGEVILLE...SALMON AND
POSSIBLY EVEN BUTTE WILL LIMIT MEASURABLE PRECIP. THUS WILL REDUCE
POPS THERE FOR TODAY. OTHERWISE...THE FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE. TEMPS
WILL BE WARMING NICELY IN THE SOUTHERN-MOST ZONES TODAY WITH COOLER
TEMPS HOLDING ON ACROSS THE NORTH...BELOW MOS GUIDANCE. MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS WILL BE NECESSARY. NEW MESOETA CONTINUES WITH
MESSY PATTERN THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MSJ

.MSO...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MTZ001>004-043 THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
       HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR IDZ005-006 THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
       WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MTZ006 TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
       WINTER STORM WATCH MTZ005 FOR WEDNESDAY.

...7-DAY SPOT TEMPS AND POPS...
LIB SSE /031 018/028 011/031 39+8631
     EOOC 014/036 020/041 022/038 024/040 026/ 39003555222
FCA SSE /023 015/023 009/031 39+9741
     BOOC 012/035 021/041 022/039 024/042 024/ 39003555222
POL SSE /033 019/029 018/032 3988741
     BOOE 018/039 024/042 022/039 026/045 028/ 39003555212
MSO SSE /035 021/027 015/036 3988731
     BOOE 016/037 022/042 022/040 024/044 026/ 39003555322
HMM SSE /038 024/030 016/037 3978731
     BCCE 019/040 024/044 022/044 025/047 027/ 39002444212
BTM CSE /033 018/023 001/030 3946530
     BCCE 005/036 016/040 019/040 021/043 024/ 39101433212
ORO ORE /048 034/047 032/050 3985410
     ERRE 034/051 038/054 036/050 038/053 040/ 39013555212
GRV NOE /046 032/044 028/044 3935310
     EROE 028/046 035/051 033/048 035/050 037/ 39013554212
SMN COE /044 028/040 014/037 3935400
     BCEE 015/043 025/047 027/043 028/046 029/ 39002443313