FNUS75 KBYZ 271721
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1121 AM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1103 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING NEAR THE FIRE SITE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDE
SPREAD SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONGER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS
THE FIRE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORMS TODAY THROUGH
SUNDAY WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. STORMS BOTH DAYS WILL BE
WET. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER 80S WHICH WILL ALLOW RH'S
TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 20 PERCENT RANGE WITH GOOD RECOVERIES
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. COOLER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY
WITH MINIMUM RH'S IN THE 30 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL BE SLOPE
AND VALLEY DRIVER TODAY BUT WILL MAINLY BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 20 TO 35 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........89-94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHWEST 5
                    TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...TRISTA BABCOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.BULL_.01/BYZ