FNUS75 KBYZ 050203
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROUGH DRAW...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
803 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1942 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FIRE THIS EVENING DUE
TO A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN MONTANA.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60 TO LOWER 70S. NORTH WINDS
AT 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME EAST BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AN UNSETTLED SOUTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE FIRE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE SEASONABLE IN THE 80S ON WEDNESDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING
INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. WINDS WILL BE NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
A LOW-LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST MONTANA WEDNESDAY NIGHT
BRINGING SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15 MPH TO THE FIRE SITE. THE WINDS
WILL BECOME EAST LATE.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY BECOMING EAST.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH EARLY BECOMING EAST.

.WEDNESDAY...

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.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING EAST LATE.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...LARIA LOVEC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.ROUGH.01/BYZ