FNUS75 KBYZ 182018
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MULICK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
218 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1358 MDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH
JUST A FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW
DEGREES WARMER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES
MUCH 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 BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES COOLER
AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN TODAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. PARTLY SUNNY WITH
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...MEGAN JACOBSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100818.MULIC.01/BYZ