FNUS75 KBYZ 131224
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR EDGAR...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
624 AM MDT MON JUL 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0605 MDT ON JULY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE FIRE TODAY AND
CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE FIRE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE FIRE THIS MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT. IT WILL BE VERY
WARM TODAY WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER
20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 10
TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
TONIGHT WITH WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. SOME MOISTURE WILL LINGER BEHIND
THE SYSTEM ON TUESDAY WITH ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
BECOMING SCATTERED IN THE AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE COOLER AND WINDY WITH
HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. WINDS WILL BE
WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING AND WILL BECOME NORTHWEST
15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
                    SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................33 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 20 TO 35 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...TIM VIRAG
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090713.EDGAR.01/BYZ