FNUS75 KBYZ 122230
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MOORHEAD...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
430 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1618 MDT ON JULY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A FEW CUMULUS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING BUT MOST OF
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL STAY WEST AND SOUTH OF THE SITE.
THUNDERSTORMS FROM CODY TO BILLINGS WILL TRY TO TRACK TOWARD THE
SITE BY LATE EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO 45
MPH. WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND NIGHT.
MONDAY WILL BE WARM AGAIN...BUT A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER. WINDS
WILL TURN WEST TO NORTHWEST TOWARD EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH. THIS FRONT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE COOLER. HUMPHREY


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATE THIS EVENING.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. WINDS TURNING EAST
    TO SOUTHEAST BY LATE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................27 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...TIM VIRAG
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090712.MOORH.02/BYZ