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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOSS...B.I.A. CROWFORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
845 AM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0825 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT WINDS AND HOT TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE FIRE SITE
TODAY. LOOK FOR SOUTHERLY WINDS UNDER 10 MPH THROUGH EARLY
EVENING...TURNING TO THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. ANY
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE
AFTERNOON OR EVENING...AND THEN IT WILL BE JUST A VERY SLIGHT
CHANCE SOMETHING DEVELOPS OVER THE FIRE SITE. THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATER FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE REGION. OVERNIGHT RH
RECOVERIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POOR TONIGHT...AND JUST SOMEWHAT
BETTER THURSDAY NIGHT. BT

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. ERRATIC GUSTY WIND NEAR STORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. BECOMING LIGHT AND NORTHERLY LATE.
                    GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
                    WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...RANDY POT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110824.HOSS_.01/BYZ