FNUS75 KBYZ 072333
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PAGET...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
533 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1715 MDT ON JULY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY STAY NORTH OF THE FIRE AREA
THIS EVENING...THOUGH AN ISOLATED STORM MAY COME OFF THE BIG HORN
MOUNTAINS AND MOVE TOWARD THE FIRE LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT.
AFTER 3 AM A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED...WHICH MAY
INCLUDE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE
THAT WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEASTERLY WELL INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING
IF THE COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIND SHIFT HANGS UP TO THE
WEST. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE A BIT COOLER TOMORROW WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER RH. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE FIRE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
SOME OF THESE WILL BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL. CHAMBERS

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 TO 15.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST AFTER 3 AM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH...INCREASING TO 10 TO 20
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER 3 AM.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...ASHLEY HANKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090707.PAGET.01/BYZ