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SPOT FORECAST FOR TONGUE BUTTE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
902 AM MDT SUN OCT 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0839 MDT ON OCTOBER 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...WINDY AND WARMER MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY...

SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES BY
THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL
MOVE OVER THE FIRE SITE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT BRINGING A
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN AFTERNOON SHOWER WITH SHOWER CHANCES
INCREASING TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER
THE FIRE SITE MONDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK BRINGING DRIER
AND WARMER CONDITIONS. WINDS...ESPECIALLY RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-49.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SNOW SHOWERS.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...WY-BHF
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101031.TONGU.01/BYZ