FNUS75 KBYZ 091713
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL FIRE...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1113 AM MDT TUE AUG 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1048 MDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SKIES WILL CLEAR BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FIRE SITE.
HOWEVER...LOOK FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
TO REDEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL THEN DECREASE
AFTER SUNSET. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT EXCEPT NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. LOOK FOR
WEDNESDAY TO START OUT RELATIVELY DRY AND A LITTLE WARMER THAN
TODAY...AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR LATER IN THE AFTERNOON
THAN IN RECENT DAYS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING.
CWR.................22 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST 5
                    TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    INCREASING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5
                    TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...TRISTA BABCOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110809.BULLF.01/BYZ