FNUS75 KBYZ 231907
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR STORY 2C...BIGHORN NATL. FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
107 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A STORM SYSTEM OVER NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTH TONIGHT.
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT TO SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS. IT WILL BE WINDY THROUGH TONIGHT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT
20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH
THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TODAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE
BURN SITE ON TUESDAY. ISOLATED MORNING SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE
...OTHERWISE IT WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY AND NOT AS WINDY. WINDS WILL BE
NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE 30 TO 35 DEGREES
AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER
50S.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
MIN HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 40 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 40 TO 60 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....20-25.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 40 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 40 TO 60 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....30-35.
MIN HUMIDITY........48-53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...JANOS CZABAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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