Hail in Montana, June 27, 2005

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
234 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005

.DISCUSSION...

TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...SHORT WAVE
ENERGY ROTATING THROUGH THE AREA AND AN APPROACHING SURFACE FRONT
PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTIVE WEATHER.
RADAR INDICATING MANY SMALL CELLS BEGINNING TO FIRE UP AND WOULD
EXPECT STORMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE UPPER TROF
LIFTS OUT OVER THE COUNTY WARNING AREA LATE TUESDAY. ENOUGH
INSTABILITY REMAINS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH
SEVERE INTENSITIES NOT LIKELY ON TUESDAY. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
RETURNS TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND WITH IT...THE POSSIBILITY OF A
FEW LIGHT SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL
AVERAGES TUESDAY BEFORE WARMING ON WEDNESDAY. EMANUEL

WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...IT STILL LOOKS LIKE
RESIDUAL INSTABILITY COULD CONTRIBUTE TO ISOLATED SHOWERS WEDNESDAY
EVENING SO HAVE LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALONE. MODELS ARE IN BETTER
AGREEMENT THAN YESTERDAY IN HAVING AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA ON
THURSDAY. AIRMASS SHOULD GENERALLY BE STABLE AND RELATIVELY DRY SO
EXPECT A MOSTLY DRY DAY PER THE FORECAST. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT EXPECT SW TO W FLOW ALOFT. MODELS DIFFER ON
SHORTWAVES SO HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE POPS AS IS. LIKE YESTERDAY STILL
FEEL GFS IS TOO STRONG WITH A SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT. OTHER MODELS FAVOR A WEAKER AND FARTHER N SOLUTION
WITH THIS SHORTWAVE. INHERITED FORECAST WINDS/CLOUDS/AND
TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TRACK SO MADE ONLY SOME MINOR CHANGES.

SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THERE ARE RUN-TO-RUN INCONSISTENCIES IN MODELS
DURING THIS PERIOD.  I WENT WITH A COMPROMISE SOLUTION OF A SHORT
WAVE TROUGH CROSSING CWA ON SUNDAY...CLEARING OUR AREA MONDAY
MORNING.  I EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR
MOST AREAS...EXCEPT FOR CHANCE PROBABILITIES ALONG THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNING.  BEHIND THE TROUGH MIDDAY
MONDAY...I EXPECT SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE PROBABILITIES ALONG THE
DIVIDE DUE TO AREAS OF MOISTURE IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW...WITH
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG OUR EASTERN BORDER AS DOWNSLOPE
WINDS KEEP MUCH OF THE PLAINS AND SOUTHWEST GENERALLY DRY.
TEMPERATURES COOL A FEW DEGREES SUNDAY WITH TROUGH BUT REBOUND ON
MONDAY. EK

&&

.AVIATION...
UPDATED 1750Z
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND A SURFACE FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THROUGH
THIS EVENING. MOST AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA WILL DRY
OUT BY LATE TONIGHT. LOCATIONS NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO TOMORROW MORNING. VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER MOST AREAS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING
WITH A FEW AREAS OF MVFR DUE TO CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GTF  52  69  48  74 /  70  30  30  20
CTB  50  65  45  71 /  70  30  30  20
HLN  52  72  52  77 /  80  30  30  20
BZN  47  70  44  75 /  70  30  30  20
WEY  45  65  36  67 /  50  40  30  10
DLN  47  70  44  75 /  60  30  30  20
HVR  55  71  52  75 /  70  30  30  20
LWT  50  68  48  71 /  80  30  40  20

&&

.TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...EMANUEL
LONG TERM....BLANK/KURDY
AVIATION...SCHAUMANN

WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
452 AM MDT MON JUN 27 2005

MTZ008>015-044>055-281100-
BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-
CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-
TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-
JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
452 AM MDT MON JUN 27 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
MONTANA...SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND CENTRAL MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN MONTANA
AHEAD OF A PACIFIC COLD FRONT AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.