FNUS75 KBYZ 152119
FWSBYZ

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1447 MDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
FIRE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME ISOLATED OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES
WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID 80S THIS AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...AND BECOME
SOUTHWEST LATE. WINDS TONIGHT WILL BE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH AND WILL
BECOME NORTH LATE. 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.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTH LATE.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...TASHA TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110815.HOSSF.03/BYZ