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SPOT FORECAST FOR HINT...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
453 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1641 MDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND THE FIRE SITE BY 600
PM MDT THIS EVENING. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH
SOME STORMS. WINDS HAVE NOT BEEN A FACTOR YET THIS EVENING...BUT
ERRATIC GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERIODS OF SHOWERS MAY
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL DECREASE AFTER MID EVENING.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
                    WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.
CWR.................59 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-99 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................58 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...AMY LANCASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090807.HINT_.02/BYZ