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AFOS product AFDTFX
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Product Timestamp: 2010-04-04 23:05 UTC
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616 FXUS65 KTFX 042301 AFDTFX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 505 PM MDT SUN APR 4 2010 .DISCUSSION... SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...QUIET WEATHER PATTERN SETTING UP OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL AND HIGH CENTRAL PLAINS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOUTHWEST MONTANA WILL SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA AND INTO WYOMING. SNOW TOTALS FROM THIS SYSTEM COULD BE CLOSE TO ADVISORY LEVEL CRITERIA IF THE CURRENT FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP THE SAME AMOUNT OF MOISTURE EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM. SOME HESITATION IN THE MODELS CONCEPT OF THIS NEXT WEATHER MAKER THOUGH DUE TO THE FACT THAT EACH SUCCESSIVE RUN CONTINUES TO DELAY THE ONSET OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY HIGHLITES DUE TO THE LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN TIMING...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SYSTEM FOR ANY CHANGES. SUK TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...FAIRLY QUIET WEATHER TO RESIDE OVER THE REGION FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR ANY PRECIP MAINLY CONFINED TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA. NO REAL WIDESPREAD PRECIP IS EXPECT WED THRU FRI...BUT A FEW SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONABLE...BUT THURSDAY WILL BE A BIT WARMER THAN AVERAGE...WITH MOST LOCATIONS RUNNING CLOSE TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. FOR THE WEEKEND...LATEST MODELS ARE TRENDING A BIT DRIER AND MILDER. THUS POPS HAVE BEEN REDUCED...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH WHERE IT SHOULD REMAIN DRY...BUT A SCATTERED SHOWER OVER SOUTHWEST MONTANA CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN CLOSE TO NORMAL OVER THE REGION FOR THE UP COMING WEEKEND. BRUSDA && .AVIATION... UPDATED 2305Z. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY AFTERNOON SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND EXPECT SOME MOUNTAIN OBSCUREMENT. COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY OF KBZN AND KHLN AFTER 21Z. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY RAPIDLY THIS EVENING WITH WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE IN DIRECTION WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY NEAR OR BELOW 5 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONFIDENCE IN WIND SPEEDS AND DIRECTIONS OVER THE PLAINS IS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. BLANK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GTF 50 25 54 30 / 10 10 10 30 CTB 48 20 52 28 / 10 0 10 30 HLN 48 27 53 32 / 10 10 30 60 BZN 46 23 51 28 / 20 10 30 70 WEY 34 16 38 20 / 40 40 70 90 DLN 43 23 46 25 / 20 10 50 80 HVR 53 20 58 26 / 10 0 10 10 LWT 47 24 50 28 / 10 0 20 30 && .TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ SHORT TERM...SUK LONG TERM...BRUSDA AVIATION...ZELZER WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS