FNUS75 KBYZ 231404
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR WARD FIRE...JOLIET FIRE DISTRICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
804 AM MDT SUN AUG 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0737 MDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY DURING
THE AFTERNOON. MONSOONAL MOISTURE FROM THE GREAT BASIN WILL
REMAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH
A SURFACE COOL FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE FEATURES WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE THE FIRE SITE TODAY. TEMPERATURES THIS
AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN
YESTERDAY ALONG WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME GUSTY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE COOL FRONT TONIGHT.
MONDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER YET ALONG WITH HIGHER AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

RIDGETOP............SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................33 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO
                    25 MPH LATE.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...HUNTER BELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090823.WARDF.01/BYZ