FNUS75 KBYZ 292321
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR RED SPRINGS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
521 PM MDT SUN AUG 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1720 MDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW OF AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
FIRE SITE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...BECOMING NUMEROUS LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL REMAIN OUT OF
THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. RIDGE
TOP WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH. ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FIRE SITE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................42 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...RASMUSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100829.REDSP.01/BYZ