FNUS75 KBYZ 050438
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR COOK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1038 PM MDT SAT SEP 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2221 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING SCATTERED RAIN
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 1 AM. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL BRING ERRATIC WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN SWITCH
BACK TO THE NORTHWEST BY MORNING. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WET
WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE BURN AREA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON...BECOMING NUMEROUS SUNDAY NIGHT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTH
                    5 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
                    EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...M  JACOBSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100904.COOK_.01/BYZ