FNUS75 KBYZ 271534
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MILLER CREEK RX - UNIT 1...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
934 AM MDT WED APR 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0935 MDT ON APRIL 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THURSDAY WILL BE A WARM DAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AND A SOUTHWEST
WIND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. CURRENT FRONTAL PASSAGE IS
FORECAST AROUND OR AFTER 6 PM WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST.
EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONT
THURSDAY EVENING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS ARE LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF SHOWERS. PRECIPITATION
WILL TURN TO A RAIN SNOW MIX WITH SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ON
THE HIGHER HILLS BY FRIDAY MORNING. LEACH/TESAR


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST 2-7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWESTERLY 10 TO 15 MPH BETWEEN 9 AND 11
                    AM.  WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND
                    INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH AROUND 6 PM.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING 10 TO 20 MPH
                    BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
                    NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH
                    AROUND 6 PM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LEACH/TESAR
REQUESTED BY...MICHELLE PERKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110427.MILLE.01/BYZ