FNUS75 KBYZ 220658
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY HEAD...BILLINGS DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1258 AM MDT MON AUG 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0018 MDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...
...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FIRE
FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SOME OF
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IT WILL
BE WARM AND VERY DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE
60S AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 30S FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT THEN FALL TO
10 TO 15 PERCENT DURING MONDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO ONLY 15 TO 20
PERCENT MONDAY NIGHT. WINDS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WILL BE SOUTH
5 TO 15 MPH. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH ON MONDAY WITH WEST
WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH MONDAY NIGHT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
                    SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR WITH ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
                    SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...GLORIA GUNTHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110822.DRYHE.01/BYZ