FNUS75 KBYZ 162348 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR NYE CREEK...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 548 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1732 MDT ON AUGUST 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE ERRATIC EARLY THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD BECOME PRIMARILY DOWNSLOPE BY MID EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE AROUND THE SITE THIS EVENING WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS JUST WEST OF THE SITE THAT SHOULD IMPACT IT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC WITH THE SHOWERS. THE SHOWERS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE BY LATE EVENING. WINDS WILL TURN UPSLOPE...NORTH TO NORTHEAST...BY MID MORNING ON MONDAY. WINDS SHOULD NOT BE QUITE AS GUSTY AS ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER ON MONDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING WITH A AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ALSO POSSIBLE. HUMPHREY .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. CWR.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45. MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......BECOMING PRIMARILY DOWNSLOPE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR SHOWERS. RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................9 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEAST BY MID MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...HUMPHREY REQUESTED BY...SCIACCA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090816.NYECR.02/BYZ