FNUS75 KBYZ 022351
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SUNDAY...BIA CROW AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
551 PM MDT SUN AUG 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1733 MDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...COOL FRONTS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FIRE AT
TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED NEAR THE FIRE THROUGH THIS
EVENING AS A WEAK COOL FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. ANY STORMS AT OR
CLOSE TO THE FIRE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND A QUICK BURST OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
OTHERWISE...WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. WINDS
WILL INCREASE AGAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD
OF THE NEXT COOL FRONT AND COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DOWN
TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH INTO THE REGION.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

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.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER
                    3 PM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDERS
REQUESTED BY...DALE GLENNMOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090802.SUNDA.01/BYZ