FNUS75 KBYZ 141556
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHORTY...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
956 AM MDT FRI AUG 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0940 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...WIND SHIFT TONIGHT BEHIND COLD FRONT...
...MUCH COOLER AND UNSETTLED FOR THE WEEKEND...

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE FIRE
THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 80S WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN THE 30S. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT AS
A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FIRE. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE AROUND MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT BRINGING
A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING COOLER AND CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER
TO THE SITE ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
CWR.................22 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........79-84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................37 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...ASHLEY HANKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090814.SHORT.01/BYZ