FNUS75 KBYZ 141709
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BATTLE...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1109 AM MDT SUN AUG 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1052 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...HOT AND DRY AND UNSTABLE AT THE SITE TODAY...

EXPECT SKIES TO REMAIN MOSTLY SUNNY OVER THE FIRE WITH ISOLATED
CUMULUS DEVELOPING AFTER 1400. THE AIRMASS IS UNSTABLE AND
TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 80S WITH HUMIDITY FALLING BELOW
20 PERCENT. EXPECT SLOPE WINDS TO DOMINATE THROUGH THE DAY. CLOUDS
WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE AFTER 2100 PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. MONDAY WILL BE A BIT
COOLER WITH MORE CLOUD COVER AND A CONTINUED CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. BORSUM

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 17 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...TRISTA BABCOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110814.BATTL.01/BYZ