FNUS75 KBYZ 072112
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BATTLE BUTTE...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
312 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1503 MDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY WITH ANY
OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE STARTING TO
DISSIPATE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL
BE WELL BELOW NORMAL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE MAINLY IN
THE 40S. SUNDAY WILL BE MOSTLY DRY AND WARMER WITH TEMPS CLIMBING
BACK INTO THE 80S.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
                    WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........93-98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
                    MORNING.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...SOLUM
REQUESTED BY...MICHELLE PERKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090807.BATTL.01/BYZ