FNUS75 KBYZ 281517 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR TEST FOR VTM...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 917 AM MDT FRI AUG 28 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0952 MDT ON AUGUST 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... IT WILL BE COOLER TODAY THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS WEST TO THE UPPER 30S EAST. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE. A PACIFIC UPPER LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE AREA ON SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE CRAZY...BEARTOOTH AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY/S READINGS AS AN EASTERLY FLOW OVERTAKES THE ENTIRE AREA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 20S ON SATURDAY. ARTHUR .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........10 10 7 7 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 62 74 79 RH..............48 41 27 23 20 FT WIND......SE 4G5 E 2 NE 6 NE 8G15 CWR.............0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56. MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........14 14 6 6 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............79 67 62 56 RH..............21 38 43 54 20 FT WIND......NE 7G10 NE 3G5 E 2G5 NE 3G5 CWR.............0 0 0 0 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........13 13 39 39 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 62 75 80 RH..............58 50 32 28 20 FT WIND......S 3G5 E 2 N 2 NE 5 CWR.............0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MIDDENDORF REQUESTED BY...VTM TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090828.TESTF.01/BYZ