FNUS75 KBYZ 272125
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR COX FIRE...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
325 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1457 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK IMPULSE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND WILL
BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE SITE. THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BE LIGHT
NORTH...SWITCHING TO WEST AFTER 9PM. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD OVER THE FIRE SITE ON SUNDAY AND WILL BRING DRY WEATHER.
WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE
TO 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...JACALYNN PARKS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.COXFI.01/BYZ