FNUS75 KBYZ 192124
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR KEITH...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
324 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1511 MDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...A STRONG COLD FRONT ARRIVING MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE FIRE SITE BY 4 PM. A BRIEF
PERIOD OF GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO
DEVELOP AHEAD AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY WHICH WILL BRING THE CHANCE OF MORE
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER ON MONDAY WITH RH'S
ONLY FALLING INTO THE MID 20 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL BE OUT
OF THE NORTH TOMORROW AT 5 TO 15 MPH.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................18 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...TASHA TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090719.KEITH.01/BYZ