FNUS75 KBYZ 241423 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR DAN...B.I.A. CROWFORESTRY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 823 AM MDT WED AUG 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0807 MDT ON AUGUST 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... IT WILL BE WARM AND DRY AGAIN TODAY AT THE FIRE SITE WITH PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS...AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY THAN THE PAST TWO DAYS. WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...THEN SHIFT WEST LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA THIS EVENING. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-94. MIN HUMIDITY........13-17 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 17 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70. MAX HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING...SHIFTING WEST 5-10 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR STORMS. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-97. MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR STORMS. $$ FORECASTER...LESTER REQUESTED BY...RANDY POT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110824.DAN__.01/BYZ