FNUS75 KBYZ 181635
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CAMPS...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1035 AM MDT WED AUG 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1009 MDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TODAY WITH JUST A FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES
WARMER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES SLIGHTLY
LOWER. A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE SITE THIS EVENING
AND AGAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY BUT GRADUALLY BECOME WETTER WITH TIME.
ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS. EXPECT BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS FOR THURSDAY ALONG WITH
TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES COOLER AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES
SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN TODAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE WEST OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    LATE.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................18 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...AMY LANCASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100818.CAMPS.01/BYZ