FNUS75 KBYZ 261527
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CAJUN...BIA CROW FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
927 AM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0915 MDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...ANOTHER HOT DAY TODAY...

...FRONTAL PASSAGE/WIND SHIFT TONIGHT...

...INCREASING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...

TODAY WILL BE HOT AGAIN WITH HUMIDITIES FALLING TO NEAR 20
PERCENT. CONDITIONS WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. WINDS SHOULD
TURN NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. MONDAY WILL BE COOLER
AND FAIRLY WET WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE STRONGER ON MONDAY. HUMPHREY


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING.
    WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON.
    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
    HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
    IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SCATTERED IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................28 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 20 TO 35 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...DALE GLENMORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090726.CAJUN.01/BYZ