FNUS75 KBYZ 041454
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LODGE GRASS COMPARTMENT...B.I.A. CROWFORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
854 AM MDT WED MAY 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0850 MDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
MORNING. SHOWERS...POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...WILL
INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT GUSTY/ERRATIC WINDS
FROM SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM WITH LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. BRS

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM/SCHUKNECHT
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110504.LODGE.01/BYZ