FNUS75 KBYZ 211503
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOSS...BIA, CROW AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
903 AM MDT SUN AUG 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0823 MDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA TODAY AND MONDAY RESULTING
IN MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. LOOK FOR
TEMPERATURES TO BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES WARMER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY
ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES. A WEAK
DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN WYOMING WILL BRING SOME CLOUDS
AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CHANCE TO THE FIRE SITE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. EXPECT SOME STRONGER SOUTHWEST
MIXING WINDS TO OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........42-47 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.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110821.HOSS_.01/BYZ