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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
414 AM MDT THU MAY 15 2008
...FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHCENTRAL
IDAHO...
RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL BEGIN TO RISE LATER THIS WEEK IN RESPONSE
TO SNOWMELT. TEMPERATURES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL RISE INTO THE
MID TO UPPER 70S THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE 80S FOR FRIDAY AND THE
WEEKEND.
MANY OF THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHCENTRAL
IDAHO CURRENTLY HAVE ABOVE NORMAL SNOWPACK. THE SNOWPACK WILL
BEGIN A RAPID MELT THIS WEEKEND AND RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL RISE TO
NEAR FLOOD LEVELS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
RIVERS EXPECTED TO APPROACH FLOOD STAGE BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
NEXT WEEK INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: YAAK...FISHER...MIDDLE FORK
FLATHEAD...MAINSTEM OF THE FLATHEAD...BITTERROOT...CLEARWATER AND
SELWAY.
STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM OUR
HOMEPAGE AT WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MISSOULA.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP://AHPS2.WRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=MSO
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