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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOSS FIRE...B.I.A. CROWFORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1256 PM MDT MON AUG 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1227 MDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE
FIRE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID 80S THIS
AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S. WINDS
WILL BE NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND NORTHWEST 5 TO 15
MPH TONIGHT. IT WILL BE DRY AND COOLER ON TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE REGION. WINDS WILL BE NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...TASHA TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110815.HOSSF.02/BYZ