FNUS75 KBYZ 292013
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CLAPPER COMPLEX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
213 PM MDT SUN AUG 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1352 MDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A MOIST FLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION
INTO MONDAY. SCATTERED RAINFALL WILL ALREADY BE NOTED AT THE
COMPLEX THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
POSSIBLE. THE RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND
THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY WITH A HIGH CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN ON THE
FIRE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO HALF
INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 15 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDERS
REQUESTED BY...D YEAGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100829.CLAPP.01/BYZ