FNUS75 KBYZ 071442
FWSBYZ

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0850 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH EAST OVER THE AREA TODAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE SITE THIS MORNING AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER TODAY THAN IT WAS
YESTERDAY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S.
WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH AND WILL BECOME EAST LATE. SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 80 PERCENT OVERNIGHT AND EAST WINDS
AT 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH OVERNIGHT. EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND HUMIDITIES IN
THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING EAST
                    LATE IN THE DAY. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT.
CWR.................23 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTH LATE.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090907.INDIA.01/BYZ