FNUS75 KBYZ 122111
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHERRY CREEK...BLM BILLINGS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
311 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1453 MDT ON JULY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE
SITE BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DECREASE IN COVERAGE TO ISOLATED OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WILL
DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BRS

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    BE SEVERE IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM/SCHUKNECHT
REQUESTED BY...BOB FARRELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110712.CHERR.04/BYZ