FNUS75 KBYZ 242052
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAVERICK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
252 PM MDT MON AUG 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1436 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE FIRE
THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COOLER AIRMASS BEHIND A COLD FRONT
BUILDS INTO THE AREA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 50S WHILE
TEMPERATURES REACH THE MID TO UPPER 70S. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 5 TO 10 MPH THIS EVENING...THEN
BECOME LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY OVERNIGHT. SOME PATCHY FOG WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT DUE TO HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE A SUNNY AND DRIER DAY OVER THE FIRE FOR TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME
SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH BY LATE MORNING.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........52-57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. PATCHY FOG
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........93-98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY AROUND 5 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 15 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY AROUND 5 MPH EARLY...
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH BY LATE MORNING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...CUNNINGHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090824.MAVER.01/BYZ