FNUS75 KBYZ 050025
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR OTTER...MILES CITY BLM DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
625 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1754 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

EXPECT A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE EVENING. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING. A STRONGER
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING BRINGING A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SOME
POSSIBLY BEING SEVERE. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL BE A DEGREE OR
TWO COOLER WITH HUMIDITIES HIGHER IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................29 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...MEGAN JACOBSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110804.OTTER.01/BYZ