FNUS75 KBYZ 132158
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHERRY CREEK...BLM BILLINGS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
358 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1533 MDT ON JULY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA WEST OF THE FIRE NEAR BELFRY. A
LINE OF SHOWERS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE BURN SITE MAY CAUSE SOME LIGHT
RAIN AT THE BURN SITE AROUND 5 PM.  RADAR INDICATES A PERIOD OF ABOUT
AN HOUR BEHIND THE SHOWERS WITHOUT RAIN. DRY AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA
FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL CAUSE FEWER STORMS TOMORROW AND LOWER
HUMIDITIES.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND
                    MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LEACH/BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...DEREK YEAGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110713.CHERR.01/BYZ