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SPOT FORECAST FOR HINT...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
605 PM MDT THU AUG 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1750 MDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE FIRE SITE TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING AS WELL AS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WET. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ON FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. EAST WINDS
AT 5 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS
WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...AND WILL SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15
MPH FRIDAY NIGHT.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
                    HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................49 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........79-84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST BY
                    MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
                    WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................55 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
                    HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................58 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...KELSEY ANDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090806.HINT_.01/BYZ