000 WWUS85 KMSO 061536 SABMSO WEST CENTRAL MONTANA BACKCOUNTRY FORECAST SUN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 830 AM MST SAT APR 6 2002 DISCUSSION...REMNANT MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND AN EXITING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL KEEP ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AROUND TODAY. SOME CLEARING IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOWEVER. THE NEXT WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING...RESULTING IN MORE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWER DEVELOPMENT. WESTERLY WINDS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOMORROW. SAT...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY. ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY THIS MORNING...THEN SOME AFTERNOON CLEARING. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS REDEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SUN...CLOUDY WITH AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. BECOMING BREEZY BY AFTERNOON. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAX WIND PRECIPITATION SNOW LEVEL (FT) TEMP TYPE AMOUNT 5 AM 5 PM 4000-6000 FT -------------------------------------------------------- SAT... 42-47 W 15-25 RAIN/SNOW 0-1 5000 FT 6000 FT SUN... 38-43 W 15-25 RAIN/SNOW 0-2 4500 FT 5000 FT 6000-8000 FT -------------------------------------------------------- SAT... 37-42 W 20-25 SNOW 0-2 INCHES SUN... 34-39 W 25-30 SNOW 2-4 INCHES ---------------------------------------------------------------------