FNUS75 KBYZ 241828
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR STUMP GULCH...MT DNRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1228 PM MDT TUE AUG 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1159 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...HOT TEMPERATURES TO RETURN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...

...HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY AND FALLING CLOSE
   TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY THURSDAY...

...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
CLEAR SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FIRE SITE
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO
THE REGION. THE TREND THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE FOR MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO BE LOWER EACH AFTERNOON WITH MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES TO BE HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON. TODAY AND WEDNESDAY
WILL SEE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND BY THURSDAY...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY DROP CLOSE TO THE SINGLE DIGITS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TODAY...UPPER 80S ON
WEDNESDAY AND THE UPPER 90S BY THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY
THURSDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE
SITE BY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING A WEAK WIND
SHIFT BUT NO PRECIPITATION.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...SOLUM
REQUESTED BY...STANHOPE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100824.STUMP.01/BYZ