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FXUS65 KTFX 130144
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SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
745 PM MDT THU JUN 12 2003

.SHORT TERM...UPDATE TO ZONES NOT PLANNED...SKIES ARE BECOMING 
MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE ZONES. ONE EXCEPTION IS EXTREME SOUTH 
BEAVERHEAD COUNTY WHERE ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE SITTING ALONG THE 
BORDER. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN IDAHO BUT SO 
FAR HAVE NOT MOVED NORTH ACROSS THE BORDER. WILL CONTINUE TO HANDLE 
THIS AREA WITH NOWCASTS. ELSEWHERE THE AIRMASS REMAINS DRY AND WINDS 
WILL BE QUITE LIGHT OVERNIGHT. ZELZER

.LONG TERM....MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT MONDAY
AND TUESDAY WILL BRING WARM CONDITIONS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THEN BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES FOR CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. THE
RIDGE AXIS PASSES EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY ALLOW THE FLOW
ALOFT TO BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST AGAIN. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. MEIER

.CCF NUMBERS
GTF BB 049/082 048/076 047 08056
    BBBUB 078/051 079/047 081/052 083/052 081 02333322003
CTB BB 046/078 047/073 046 08044
    BBBUB 074/050 073/046 076/046 078/046 076 02333322003
HLN BB 049/081 050/077 048 08056
    BBBUB 078/053 078/049 082/053 084/053 082 01333322--3
BZN BB 045/080 048/076 045 08045
    BBBUB 078/048 076/044 079/044 081/044 079 01333333003
WEY BB 034/075 038/072 040 08031
    BBBUB 074/045 068/041 073/041 075/041 073 0-332333003
DLN BB 045/078 046/075 044 08044
    BBBUB 076/048 076/044 078/044 080/044 078 0-222333113
HVR UB 050/085 053/076 050 08046
    BBBUB 080/053 078/049 084/053 086/053 084 02333322003
LWT UB 048/081 052/075 046 08056
    BBBUB 077/050 073/046 078/046 080/046 078 02333333003

.TFX...NONE.

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