FNUS75 KBYZ 080050
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LINGER...BILLINGS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
650 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1839 MDT ON JULY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING.
IT APPEARS THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL STAY TO THE NORTH BUT
MORE DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST AND SOUTH IS EXPECTED. THE STORMS
WILL HAVE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. WINDS WILL TURN TO
THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT...BUT BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY AND SOME OF THESE COULD BE SEVERE. THE WINDS WILL TURN TO
THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON AND BE GUSTY BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE WIND
WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY EVENING. TWH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE
                    IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH IN THE MORNING. WINDS
                    TURNING WEST BY AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...DEREK YAEGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110707.LINGE.01/BYZ