FNUS75 KBYZ 062128 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR COOK CREEK...NORTHERN CHEYENNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 328 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1513 MDT ON JULY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THE REST OF THE DAY INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN DIRECTION WILL BE NORTHERLY...BUT THE WINDS WILL BECOME VARIABLE BY EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE SITE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. AT THE MOMENT...MOST OF THE CELLS WERE TO THE SOUTH...BUT OTHER ACTIVITY TO THE WEST WILL FILL IN. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. TWH .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. CWR.................17 PERCENT. LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87. MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 2 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. CWR.................18 PERCENT. LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 2 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...HUMPHREY REQUESTED BY...LEE OLD BEAR TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110706.COOKC.01/BYZ