FNUS75 KBYZ 250242
FWSBYZ

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2028 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

DISSIPATING THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF BILLINGS THIS EVENING HAVE GENERATED
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT WILL SWING THE WINDS BRIEFLY AROUND TO THE WEST
ON THE FIRE COMPLEX BETWEEN 11PM AND 1AM. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. AFTER WARDS...WINDS WILL TURN
BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST FROM 3 TO 8 MPH BY DAWN. RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL BE
A BIT STRONGER WITH THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  BY DAWN...RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL
BE PREDOMINATELY FROM THE SOUTHEAST.

DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE IN DIRECTION...SWINGING
BETWEEN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 3 TO 8 MPH.  BY MID AFTERNOON...A
WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COMPLEX AND SWING THE WINDS AROUND
TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM
MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.  ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY DRY
AND GENERATE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDINESS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN CLEARING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGE TOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AFTER 3PM.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-98.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING...SWITCHING
                    TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH BY AFTERNOON. GUSTY ERRATIC
    WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGE TOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...MEIER
REQUESTED BY...CARMEN DRIELING
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110824.MAVER.02/BYZ