FNUS75 KBYZ 271919
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPECULATOR...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
119 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1255 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE
SITE THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE WET WITH THE
MAIN THREAT BEING GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. TEMPERATURES TODAY
WILL BE IN THE MID 70S WITH MINIMUM RH'S IN THE LOW 30 PERCENT
RANGE. GOOD RH RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE
BREEZY FROM THE WEST TODAY WITH STRONG AND GUSTY RIDGETOP WINDS.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE MUCH
LIGHTER ON SUNDAY. A STRONGER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH
SUNDAY AND WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE AREA.
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 25 TO 40 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.................18 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 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.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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