FNUS75 KGGW 181821
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHELBY DUTCH...BLM LED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1221 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1159 MDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH A WEAK UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE IN PLACE. HOWEVER TONIGHT A SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE WILL
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WHICH COULD INITIATE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A
LEE SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN
WINDS FROM THE WEST...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME GUSTY AND ERRATIC
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WITH NOT MUCH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AVAILABLE...THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE DRY WITH NO WETTING RAIN SHOWERS.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 11 TO 16 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...TEMPLER
REQUESTED BY...SHANNON BONNEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100818.SHELB.01/GGW