FNUS75 KBYZ 081415
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PAGET...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
815 AM MDT WED JUL 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0758 MDT ON JULY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING OVER THE FIRE SITE. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE SITE BY LATE MORNING TO EARLY
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST. ALONG WITH THE WIND SHIFT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF BY
LATE TONIGHT. THURSDAY WILL BE DRY THROUGH THE DAY WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING THURSDAY NIGHT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SOLUM
REQUESTED BY...ASHLEY HANKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090708.PAGET.01/BYZ