FNUS75 KBYZ 052347
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR DEVILS BACKBONE...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
547 PM MDT WED AUG 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1724 MDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

ENERGY WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE REGION AROUND AN UPPER RIDGE TONIGHT
PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY AND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AS A DEEP UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE REGION.
SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S TONIGHT.
LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME EAST 10 TO 15 MPH BY MIDNIGHT THEN TURN
SOUTHEAST LATE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONABLE IN THE 80S ON THURSDAY
WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 30S. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH
AND WILL BECOME NORTH LATE. HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER INTO THE 70S THURSDAY
NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH AND WILL BECOME NORTHEAST LATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE
                    IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS EARLY BECOMING EAST
                    10 TO 15 MPH BY MIDNIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
                    WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTH LATE.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE
                    IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................29 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH.




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FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...KELSEY ANDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090805.DEVIL.01/BYZ