FNUS75 KBYZ 281854
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SPOT FORECAST FOR CAJUN...BIA CROW AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1254 PM MDT TUE JUL 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1237 MDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COOL AND UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SHOWERS
LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION EARLY THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN SOME GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS OVERNIGHT. TIMING OF THE FRONT APPEARS TO BE AROUND 7 OR 8 PM THIS
EVENING AT THE FIRE AREA...ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON COULD RESULT IN SOME GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EARLIER THAN THAT. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS EXCEEDING A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE LIKELY WITH HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WITH A FEW STORMS. THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH INTO THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
                    MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........52-57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDERS
REQUESTED BY...DALE GLENNMOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090728.CAJUN.01/BYZ