FNUS75 KBYZ 092229
FWSBYZ

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1615 MDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY NORTHWEST OF
BILLINGS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FIRE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER WILL ARRIVE AROUND 630 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THIS
EVENING. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE WARMER AND DRIER THAN TODAY WITH
ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL REMAIN
FAIRLY LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST. CHAMBERS


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...KELSEY ANDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110809.PAGET.02/BYZ