FNUS75 KBYZ 291710 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR ASHLAND...NORTHERN CHEYENNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1110 AM MDT SUN MAY 29 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1029 MDT ON MAY 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WET STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY. SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS MONDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH LATE MONDAY. ANY NEW RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL IMMEDIATELY TURN TO RUNOFF AND EXACERBATE EXISTING FLOOD CONDITIONS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................100 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MIN HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH RAIN SHOWERS. CWR.................100 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48. MAX HUMIDITY........98-100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .MEMORIAL DAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH RAIN SHOWERS. CWR.................98 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61. MIN HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...SINGER REQUESTED BY...MERLIN SIOUX TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20110529.ASHLA.01/BYZ