FNUS75 KBYZ 221728 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1128 AM MDT MON AUG 22 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1101 MDT ON AUGUST 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HOT CONDITIONS WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED IN THE UPPER TEENS TODAY. ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED...WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS WINDS WILL BE SLOPE DOMINANT WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON THERMAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN SLOPE DOMINANT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY WOULD BE IN THE EVENING HOURS. CHAMBERS .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86. MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......UP SLOPE/VALLEY 8 TO 12 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48. MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWN SLOPE/VALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83. MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......UP SLOPE/VALLEY 6 TO 12 MPH. RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 30 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...CHAMBERS REQUESTED BY...TRISTA BABCOCK TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110822.BULL_.01/BYZ