336 
FXUS65 KMSO 060300
AFDMSO

WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
900 PM MDT SAT OCT 5 2002

.SHORT TERM...NO UPDATE TO SFP. FORECAST REMAINS ON-TRACK. WILL ONLY
REMOVE WINDS IN NORTHERN COUNTIES AND REDUCE IN SOUTH FOR THIS
EVENING. CLOUD COVER WILL BREAK AT TIMES OVERNIGHT GIVING SOME
AREAS SLIGHTLY COLDER MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THAN OTHERS BUT CURRENT
SPOT NUMBERS LOOK FINE. RADAR STILL DETECTS A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS
MAINLY FROM MISSIONS EASTWARD TO THE DIVIDE. MAY BE A LITTLE
OPTIMISTIC ON BREAKING OUT TO PARTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW. MODEL
SOUNDINGS SHOW A LINGERING MOIST LAYER JUST ABOVE RIDGETOP LEVEL IN
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND OTHER WEAK WAVES MOVING TOWARD MT. STALLED
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ALONG THE DIVIDE THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.  BOLDT

.LONG TERM...A ZONAL FLOW REMAINS OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD. A SERIES OF SYSTEMS MOVE ACROSS THE CWA IN THIS
FLOW...SO WILL KEEP A MENTION OF VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW EACH
DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT VARY MUCH DUE TO THE INCREASED CLOUD COVER
FROM THE SYSTEMS PUSHING THROUGH THE CWA. KOLATA

.MSO...NONE.

...7-DAY SPOT TEMPS AND POPS...
LIB BEE 038/066 042/064 039/063 37000001
     EEEE 039/061 038/057 035/056 033/058 3912243333
FCA BEE 037/063 040/063 037/062 37001001
     EEEE 037/058 036/055 033/053 030/055 3922244313
POL BEE 044/060 046/058 044/057 37000001
     EEEE 039/060 038/056 035/055 033/057 3912243313
MSO BEE 041/063 041/064 037/063 37000101
     EEEE 037/061 036/057 033/056 031/058 3912233314
HMM BEB 041/062 040/064 037/063 37000000
     EEEE 037/061 036/057 033/056 031/058 3912233314
BTM BEB 035/059 037/062 031/061 37100000
     EEEE 031/056 030/052 027/050 025/052 3912233314
ORO BBE 047/070 048/069 044/067 37000000
     EEEE 044/067 043/064 040/063 037/065 3902122323
GRV BBB 041/066 044/065 038/064 37000000
     EEEE 038/060 037/057 034/055 031/057 3902222314
SMN BBB 041/065 037/066 035/065 37000000
     EEEE 035/061 034/058 031/056 029/058 3902233314