FNUS75 KBYZ 062039
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GARFIELD...NORTHERN CHEYENNE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
239 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1422 MDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT OUT OF MAINLY THE NORTHWEST...BUT MAY BE
VARIABLE AT TIMES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE FIRE AREA
AROUND 6 PM FROM THE WEST. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT WITH GOOD RH RECOVERY. SUNDAY WILL START
OUT SUNNY AND WARM WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO AROUND 20
PERCENT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FIRE AREA AROUND 4 PM MDT
SUNDAY WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOMING GUSTY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. CHAMBERS

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-66.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    8 TO 15 MPH AROUND 4 PM MDT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH
                    AROUND 4 PM MDT.

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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...LEE OLD BEAR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110806.GARFI.01/BYZ