FNUS75 KBYZ 192304
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SWEETCLOVER FIRE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
504 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1408 MDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...UPDATED FOR THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF ABSAROKEE AT 5 PM WILL SLIDE
EAST TO SOUTHEAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO PASS SOUTH OF THE FIRE SITE
THROUGH 630 PM. HOWEVER...THE FIRE SITE MAY RECEIVE SOME ERRATIC
WINDS FROM THIS ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A COLD
FRONT TO THE NORTH WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AT MID TO LATE EVENING
SHIFTING WINDS PREDOMINANTLY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST WITH
SPEEDS 15 TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE DECREASING
LATE.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EARLY EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
                    WINDS IN THE EVENING TO 40 MPH.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS COMMON 5 TO 15 MPH THROUGH ABOUT 8 PM...BUT GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.
                    WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST LATE EVENING AT 15 TO 25 MPH
                    AT TIMES.

 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...MARK HEPPLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090719.SWEET.01/BYZ