FNUS75 KBYZ 132021
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BENCH STEWARDSHIP...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
221 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1405 MDT ON JULY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY CROSSING THE BIG HORN BASIN WILL
WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COMING INTO BIG HORN COUNTY WYOMING WILL
BE NEAR THE BURN SITE BETWEEN 415 AND 500 PM. THE STRONGEST PART OF
THE STORMS SHOULD PASS SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE...WITH LIGHT RAIN AND
A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES COMING OVER THE BURN SITE. ERRATIC WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. TOMORROW...DRY AIR FROM THE
SOUTHWEST WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION AND PREVENT THUNDERSTORMS...BUT
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWER THAN TODAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. AFTER 8 PM WINDS TURN SOUTHWEST AT
                    3 TO 8 MPH...AND AFTER 10 PM SOUTHEAST AT 5
                    TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. BECOMING WEST 5
                    TO 10 MPH BY 12 PM.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LEACH/BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...RICHARD RAMSEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110713.BENCH.01/BYZ