FNUS75 KBYZ 051822
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TEST...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1222 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1129 MDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...THIS IS ONLY A TEST AND NOT A VALID FORECAST...
AN APPROACHING DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND STORMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WETTING
RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH A MODEST DROP IN
HIGHS TEMPS AND RISE IN HUMIDITY EXPECTED TODAY. SEVERE STORMS
WITH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN EASTERN ZONES 130-133
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL DEPART TO THE EAST
TONIGHT WITH DRIER CONDITIONS WITH SEASONAL TEMPS ON TAP FOR THE
WEEKEND. BT

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...MIDDENDORF
REQUESTED BY...NWS
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20110805.TEST_.01/BYZ
.EMAIL ROBYN.HEFFERNAN@NOAA.GOV