FNUS75 KBYZ 090140
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SARTIN...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
740 PM MDT WED SEP 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1917 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM AT THE BURN SITE. EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH
OVERNIGHT AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 85
PERCENT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE MORNING
THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTH WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE LOWER 30 PERCENT RANGE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. PRECIPITATION CHANCES
WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY...WITH A GOOD
CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN BY THURSDAY EVENING. CHAMBERS

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
                    AFTER 9 PM.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTH WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 15
                    TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...K ACREE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100908.SARTI.01/BYZ