FNUS75 KBYZ 181628
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BASELINE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1028 AM MDT FRI SEP 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1010 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE THROUGH
SATURDAY. LIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY...BECOMING
VARIABLE LATE. LIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL BE THE RULE EARLY
SATURDAY...BUT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THAT INCLUDES THE FIRE SITE DUE TO THE STRONG SOUTHEAST
WINDS...NEAR RECORD TEMPS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. IN ADDITION...A FRONTAL
PASSAGE IS THEN EXPECTED BETWEEN 1AM AND MIDNIGHT AND 4AM SUNDAY MORNING.
THIS FRONT WILL ABRUPTLY TURN WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......MAINLY SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...INCREASING TO
                    15 TO 30 MPH BY EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 15 TO 35 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090918.BASEL.01/BYZ