FNUS75 KBYZ 030013 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR WILSON FIRE...ROSE DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 613 PM MDT SUN AUG 2 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1755 MDT ON AUGUST 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...COOL FRONTS TO AFFECT REGION AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A WEAK COOL FRONT PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION WILL PRODUCE A NORTHEAST TO EAST WIND AT THE FIRE THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE FIRE...ALTHOUGH STILL BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED STORM THROUGH ABOUT 9 PM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT AROUND FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION LATE TONIGHT TO THE SOUTHWEST MONDAY MORNING AHEAD OF ANOTHER COOL FRONT. THIS NEXT FRONT IS FORECAST TO PASS THE FIRE EARLY AFTERNOON MONDAY FOR A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND ALSO INCREASING THE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...FRIEDERS REQUESTED BY...ERIN SINK TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090802.WILSO.01/BYZ