FNUS75 KBYZ 142347
FWSBYZ

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1725 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING WILL
MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE FIRE VICINITY BY MID EVENING. SOME OF
THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL A POSSIBILITY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TURNING WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 35 MPH FOR A SHORT TIME. OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10
TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SATURDAY WILL BE CLOUDY
AND UNSEASONABLY COOL WITH MIN RH VALUES IN THE 50S. THERE WILL BE
A GOOD CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN SATURDAY WITH ONE ROUND OF
PRECIPITATION IN THE MORNING...AND MORE SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE DAY. CHAMBERS

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
                    GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........79-84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND INCREASING TO
                    10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING DIMINISHING
                    TO 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH IN THE MORNING...DIMINISHING
                    IN THE AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...TASHA TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090814.SHORT.02/BYZ