FNUS75 KBYZ 261846
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR MILL...MILES CITY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1246 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1214 MDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LOOK FOR SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON THE EXPOSED SLOPES AND RIDGES. STRONGEST WINDS
WILL BEGIN AROUND SUNSET AND LAST FOR 3-6 HOURS...THEN DECREASE
AND SHIFT WEST TOWARD SUNRISE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
AT THE FIRE SITE BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND LASTING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS WILL BE
WETTER THAN OF LATE...BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LIGHTNING WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IT WILL BE CONTINUED HOT AND A BIT DRIER
SATURDAY WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY. JKL


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 10-15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20
                    MPH AFTER 3 PM.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10-20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...BEGINNING AFTER 7 PM. ERRATIC
                    WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH INCREASING TO 15-25 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING AND SHIFTING
                    WEST 5-10 MPH OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST INCREASING TO 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 35 MPH IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING
                    AND SHIFTING WEST 10-15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...LESTER
REQUESTED BY...KELLY ACREE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110826.MILL_.01/BYZ