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SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
910 AM MST FRI MAR 28 2003

.SHORT TERM...QUIET WEATHER THIS MORNING...WITH ONLY A FEW QUICK
UPDATES. CLOUDS HAVE PRETTY MUCH CLEARED OUT EVERYWHERE AS THE
ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DRY OUT. I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJUST CLOUD
TRENDS AND REMOVE MENTION OF FOG IN THE SOUTHWEST VALLEYS. LEE TROF
BEGINNING TO FORM IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA...AND WILL EXPAND SOUTHWARD
FOR LIGHT DOWNSLOPE WINDS BY AFTERNOON. REMAINDER OF FORECAST LOOKS
FINE. JCA

 .EXTENDED...GFS AND ECMWF IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED
PERIOD. ZONAL FLOW ALOFT MONDAY WITH PRECIPITATION CONFINED TO THE
WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND DOWNSLOPE WINDS OVER THE PLAINS. BY TUESDAY
CLOSED UPPER LOW BEGINS MOVING SOUTH ALONG PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST
CAUSING AN INCREASING BACKING AND UNSTABLE FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. UPPER TROF LIFTS OUT OVER THE AREA THURSDAY. WILL
GO WITH A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WARMEST ON
MONDAY AND THEN DROP AS THE WEEK WEARS ON. COLDEST AIR SLIDES IN
THURSDAY AS UPPER TROF LIFTS OUT.

.CCF NUMBERS
GTF BE 043/025 054/037 061 16000
    EBEEE 035/060 034/059 026/052 027/042 027 00000333333
CTB BE 044/023 051/037 060 16000
    NBEEE 033/057 033/056 023/046 021/038 021 00000333333
HLN EE 046/024 053/036 059 16000
    EEEEE 036/056 034/055 028/051 029/042 029 000--333333
BZN EE 043/020 051/030 057 16000
    EEBEC 031/055 031/054 028/051 027/040 027 00022333333
WEY EE 035/002 038/017 045 16002
    EEEEC 023/045 026/044 022/040 023/032 023 22333555555
DLN EE 042/022 052/033 055 16000
    EEEEC 032/054 031/053 029/051 026/044 026 00022333333
HVR BE 046/021 054/032 063 16000
    EBEEE 034/058 032/057 026/049 027/038 027 00000333333
LWT BE 042/022 051/032 058 16000
    NBEEE 033/059 032/058 027/050 027/040 027 00000333333


.TFX...NONE.

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