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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOSS...B.I.A. CROWFORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
834 AM MDT TUE AUG 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0835 MDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS
DUE TO A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE FIRE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.
THESE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LINE UP WITH UPVALLEY WINDS FOR VERY
STRONG UPCANYON WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.  EXPECT WINDS IN THE CANYON TO
REACH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. ABOVE THE
CANYON WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. IT WILL BE
CLOUDIER TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES A BIT COOLER AND HUMIDITY A BIT
HIGHER THAN MONDAY. TONIGHT WILL BE COOLER WITH BETTER HUMIDITY
RECOVERY WITH WINDS DECREASING QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING.
WEDNESDAY WILL STILL SEE TEMPERATURES REACH THE MID 80S WITH
HUMIDITIES IN THE HIGHER TEENS BUT WINDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER.
BORSUM


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 CANYON.............NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO
                    40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
 CANYON RIM.........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........48-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 CANYON.............BECOMING DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 7 MPH.
 CANYON RIM.........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 CANYON.............UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH.
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...RANDY POT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110823.HOSS_.01/BYZ