FNUS75 KBYZ 310239
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIP...B.I.A. CROWFORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
839 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2026 MDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ONE BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA WITH WEAKER
CELLS TO THE WEST. THE CELLS WERE FAIRLY WEAK...BUT ENERGY MOVING
IN FROM THE WEST WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR
STORM THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL PRIMARILY STAY OUT OF THE
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AS DOWNSLOPE FROM THE PRYORS TRIES TO
KICK IN. SATURDAY WILL BE A TAD COOLER WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS. THERE
IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ON
SATURDAY AND SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH STRONG
WINDS AND HAIL. HUMPHREY


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH GUSTS TO 16 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100730.CHIP_.01/BYZ