FNUS75 KBYZ 071256 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE PEOPLE...BIA CROW AGENCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 656 AM MDT MON SEP 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0637 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE FIRE SITE DURING THE NIGHT AND THIS WILL RESULT IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TODAY. NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS TODAY WILL ALLOW FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LOWER CEILINGS AT TIMES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DECREASE TONIGHT WITH DRIER CONDITIONS RETURNING FOR TUESDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL RETURN TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES COOLER. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................17 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71. MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. CWR.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................12 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68. MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT. WIND (20FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...HOOLEY REQUESTED BY...DALE GLENMORE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090907.LITTL.01/BYZ