FNUS75 KBYZ 091544
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PAGET...MILES CITY BLM DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
944 AM MDT TUE AUG 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0920 MDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE WEATHER WILL BE COOL AND UNSETTLED TODAY AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES
PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL
HAVE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MINIMUM DAYTIME HUMIDITIES TODAY WILL RANGE
FROM 28 TO 38 PERCENT. HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO THE 82 TO 94
PERCENT RANGE TONIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE WARMER WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MINIMUM
HUMIDITIES WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE 21 TO 32 PERCENT RANGE. STC/BT

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................32 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................23 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH TO WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...CAMPBELL/TESAR
REQUESTED BY...KELSEY ANDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110809.PAGET.01/BYZ