FNUS75 KBYZ 272239
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST PASS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
439 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1615 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE FIRE
SITE AFTER 600 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATES MOST OF
THE ACTIVITY MAY VERY WELL MISS THE FIRE SITE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER 10 PM THIS
EVENING WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME SPRINKLES LINGERING
UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LOOK FOR ANOTHER HOT DAY TOMORROW WITH RH
READINGS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S. THERE WILL
BE A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME THUNDERSTORMS AT THE FIRE SITE
TOMORROW...MAINLY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    WITH ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE.
CWR.................7 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........46-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH EARLY...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/VALLEY
                    OVERNIGHT. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...ORTNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.WESTP.01/BYZ