FNUS75 KBYZ 222110
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MILL...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
310 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1442 MDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...HOT AND DRY AND BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING TUESDAY FROM 0600 TO 2100...

EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 11 TO 15 PERCENT
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES MAX OUT NEAR 100. WINDS WILL
DECREASE RAPIDLY IN THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL BUT HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT WILL BE POOR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND STORMS WILL BE HIGH BASED PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE AREA TUESDAY
MORNING PRODUCING A SHIFT TO NORTHWEST WINDS BRINGING WIND GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL END BY MID MORNING
WITH TEMPERATURES A BIT COOLER AND HUMIDITY A BIT HIGHER THAN
TODAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH MIDDAY AND DECREASE DURING
THE LATER AFTERNOON. BORSUM

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96-100.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
                    SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE MORNING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
                    GUSTY WINDS IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 17 TO 23 MPH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
                    WINDS DECREASING TO 12 TO 17 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...TASHA TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110822.MILL_.01/BYZ