FNUS75 KBYZ 131845
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOFTWATER...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1245 PM MDT THU AUG 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1155 MDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE FIRE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. TEMPERATURES TODAY
ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 90 DEGREES...DROPPING
MINIMUM RH VALUES TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO
RECOVER QUICKLY TO THE MID 60S OVERNIGHT. LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME
EAST THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. HIGH
TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...WITH MIN RH
VALUES NEAR 30 PERCENT. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO THE FIRE AREA LATE FRIDAY EVENING...BRINGING POTENTIALLY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. WINDS ON FRIDAY WILL BE NORTH
AT 5 TO 15 MPH. GILSTAD/ARTHUR


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
                    GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING EAST AT 5 TO 10
      MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
                    HAIL IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS AT 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ARTHUR/GILSTAD
REQUESTED BY...KATERINA MORICI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090813.SOFTW.02/BYZ