FNUS75 KBYZ 131546
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GARYOWEN COMPARTMENT WUI...B.I.A. CROWFORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
946 AM MDT WED APR 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0945 MDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...SNOW AND COLD IN FORECAST THROUGH MID WEEK...
...THIS IS THE LAST DAILY FIRE WEATHER FORECAST FOR SEASON...

CONDITIONS WILL BE RELATIVELY CALM WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES FOR
ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A STORM SYSTEM
WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY.
A FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SHIFT WINDS AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST TOWARD
MID DAY THURSDAY WITH GOOD CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. BMICKELSON

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................34 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................62 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 35 TO 55 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BMICKELSON
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110413.GARYO.03/BYZ