FNUS75 KBYZ 241438
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAVERICK...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
838 AM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0815 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
EXPECT THE INVERSION TO BREAK BY LATE MORNING...WITH SOUTHEAST
WINDS DEVELOPING AND HUMIDITY DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS THIS
AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY
ON THE RIDGE TOPS WHERE GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE NEAR THE FIRE THIS EVENING...AND ANY STORMS IN THE AREA
COULD ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS. JKL

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS EARLY...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH
                    BY 11 AM. GUSTS TO 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5-15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
                    WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 10-20 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
                    WEST AFTER 3 AM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH INCREASING TO 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    NEAR 30 MPH IN THE EVENING...SHIFTING WEST 10-20 MPH
                    AFTER 3 AM.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-98.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LESTER
REQUESTED BY...JACALYNN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110824.MAVER.01/BYZ