FNUS75 KBYZ 111411 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE CORRAL CREEK...BIA, CROW AGENCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 811 AM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0746 MDT ON JULY 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS TODAY WITH GENERALLY LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS...THOUGH WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE GUSTIER ON THE RIDGETOPS. A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPPING FROM THE NORTH MAY TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE FIRE SITE THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL ALSO BRING A WIND SHIFT TO NORTH WINDS...WHICH SHOULD OCCUR IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE EAST ON SUNDAY...AND AGAIN THEY WILL BE STRONGEST ON TOP OF THE RIDGES. HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE SOMEWHAT POOR. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-87. MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH BECOMING LIGHT NORTH BY LATE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 8-15 MPH DECREASING TO 5-10 MPH BY NOON...THEN BECOMING NORTH BY LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MAX HUMIDITY........55-65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING. ERRATIC GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10-15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO 500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 10 MPH. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-87. MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST 5-10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST. ERRATIC GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........EAST 10-20 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST. MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 15 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...LESTER REQUESTED BY...DALE GLENMORE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090711.LITTL.01/BYZ