FNUS75 KBYZ 032044
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GULCH...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
244 PM MDT MON AUG 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1438 MDT ON AUGUST 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN UNSTABLE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY WHICH WILL BRING SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. A COOL FRONT HAS PUSHED PAST THE BURN
SITE AND WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM INTO THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING RH'S TO FALL INTO
THE LOWER 20 PERCENT RANGE. GOOD RH RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT AS WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE SOUTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ON TUESDAY WITH RH'S AGAIN
DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 20 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO
THE WEST ON TUESDAY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE FIRE AREA. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL BRING
A CHANCE OF MORE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...TASHA TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090803.GULCH.01/BYZ