FNUS75 KBYZ 051640
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE...CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1040 AM MDT SUN SEP 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1019 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE IN THE DAY AS A STORM
SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT A WETTING
RAIN OVER THE FIRE AREA TONIGHT...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW BY
MID MORNING MONDAY. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY FOR MOST OF THE
DAY...TURNING NORTHERLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOMING GUSTY.
STORMS ARE PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING THIS MORNING AND
SHOULD DO SO THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH
MONDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM
MONDAY AFTERNOON. RH VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 35 PERCENT INTO
TUESDAY. CHAMBERS

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH
                    AROUND 4 PM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP............SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING...CHANGING TO SNOW AROUND 10 PM MDT. SNOW
                    ACCUMULATION AROUND 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-31.
MAX HUMIDITY........92-99 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 14 TO 22 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH.

.LABOR DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...JAMES HARBUZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100905.LITTL.01/BYZ