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SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN CREEK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1222 AM MDT MON SEP 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2346 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY THIS MORNING...

SKIES WILL BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
NIGHT. AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY
ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
OTHERWISE...LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL UNTIL THE COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH BETWEEN 2 AM AND 3 AM. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH MID MORNING BEHIND THE FRONT.
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE MUCH COOLER ALONG WITH HIGHER
HUMIDITIES. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH BETWEEN 2 AM AND 3 AM.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20
                    MPH AROUND 3 AM.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    5 TO 15 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.



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FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...TASHA TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090906.INDIA.01/BYZ