FNUS75 KBYZ 160155
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR WRENCH...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
755 PM MDT WED JUL 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1939 MDT ON JULY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE
SITE BETWEEN 830 AND 930 PM THIS EVENING. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO
35 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST CELLS ARE
EXPECTED TO MISS THE FIRE SITE JUST TO THE SOUTH AND ALSO JUST TO
THE NORTH. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SKIES WILL CLEAR AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING WITH
EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT.



.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...ASHLEY HANKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090715.WRENC.01/BYZ