FNUS75 KBYZ 261407
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY HEAD...BILLINGS DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
807 AM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0742 MDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY BUT STORMS
WILL BE WET. THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE OVER THE FIRE SITE BY 3
PM THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF ERRATIC AND GUSTY
WINDS FROM ANY STORMS THAT MOVE OVER OR NEAR THE FIRE AREA. WINDS
WILL BE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING AT 5 TO 15 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH
EXPECTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA. RH'S WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20
PERCENT RANGE TODAY AND WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER ON SATURDAY. RH
RECOVERIES TONIGHT WILL ONLY BE IN THE UPPER 50 TO LOWER 60
PERCENT RANGE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...BERT STARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110826.DRYHE.01/BYZ