FNUS75 KGGW 012228
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG BART...BLM MCD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
428 PM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1606 MDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN ENERGETIC LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES HAS GENERATED
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE CREATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. STORMS WILL TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. CONDITIONS
WILL BECOME MORE STABLE ON MONDAY WITH ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN LATE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING HAIL AND
                    WINDS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS UP TO 50 MPH EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
                    MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. STRONG GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UP TO MPH.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...TEMPLER
REQUESTED BY...MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100801.BIGBA.01/GGW