FNUS75 KBYZ 270234 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR GRAVEYARD...MILES CITY DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 834 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2023 MDT ON JULY 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AS A DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE. AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER TREASURE AND NORTHWEST ROSEBUD COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEAST WILL IMPACT THE FIRE SITE BETWEEN 2100 MDT AND 2230 MDT. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. MONDAY LOOKS TO BE MUCH COOLER ALONG WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND POSSIBLY WETTER WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................60 PERCENT. LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....63-68. MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................25 PERCENT. LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83. MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...HOOLEY REQUESTED BY...KELSEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090726.GRAVE.01/BYZ