FNUS75 KBYZ 111424
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GARDEN OF THE GODS...BIGHORN NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
824 AM MDT MON MAY 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0847 MDT ON MAY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WEAK DISTURBANCES ALOFT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE BURN SITE
TODAY BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
IT WILL BE WARMER THAN YESTERDAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE
UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE UPPER
20S TO MID 30S AND WINDS WILL BE SOUTH AT 5 TO 15 MPH. A WEAK COLD
FRONT WILL CROSS THE SITE TONIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HUMIDITIES WILL
RECOVER INTO THE UPPER 70S. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. A STRONG
PACIFIC DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH A STRONGER COLD FRONT TOWARD THE BURN SITE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ON TUESDAY
AND TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH 40 TO 45 DEGREES. HUMIDITIES WILL BE
IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. IT WILL BE BREEZY WITH SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20
MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................29 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 35 TO 50 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...ERIC COMSTOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090511.GARDE.02/BYZ