FNUS75 KBYZ 282159
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDDLE...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
359 PM MDT TUE JUL 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1539 MDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AT 1600 MDT THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE FIRE
SITE AND THEY COULD IMPACT THE AREA BETWEEN 1700 AND 1800 MDT WITH
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE
FIRE BETWEEN 1900 AND 2100 MDT AND IT WILL BRING A SWITCH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH FOR A BRIEF PERIOD AND WIDESPREAD
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. BEHIND THE FRONT IT WILL BE
UNSEASONABLY COOL AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR A WETTING RAIN
FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. BORSUM

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................63 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................46 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...AMY LANCASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090728.MIDDL.01/BYZ