FNUS75 KBYZ 272141
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR JONES...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
341 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1526 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING
AND WILL BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE SITE THROUGH 9
PM. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. WINDS THIS
EVENING WILL BE LIGHT NORTH...SWITCHING TO WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. A
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE FIRE SITE ON SUNDAY
AND WILL BRING DRY WEATHER. A WEAK RIDGE HIGH OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA SUNDAY AND WILL BRING DRY WEATHER.
TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE AS WARM WITH READINGS IN THE MID 70S AND
RH'S ONLY FALLING INTO THE MID 20 PERCENT RANGE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
                    WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 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........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 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.JONES.01/BYZ