FNUS75 KBYZ 281547
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOSS...BIA CROW FIRE & AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
947 AM MDT SUN AUG 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0926 MDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
COOLER TEMPERATURE WILL BE OVER THE FIRE SITE TODAY AS CLOUD
COVER INCREASES THROUGH THE MORNING. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
INTO THE AREA AROUND 2PM THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BRING ISOLATED
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO CREATE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. EASTERLY SURFACE
FLOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL HELP TO HOLD MINIMUM RH'S IN THE MID TO
UPPER 20 PERCENT RANGE. RH'S WILL RECOVER SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT AND
WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60 PERCENT RANGE BY MORNING.
UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY AS SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE FIRE SITE. A FEW OF THE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER ON
MONDAY WITH CLOUD COVER OVER THE FIRE SITE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SPRINKLES IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
                    WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY....... LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING BECOMING EAST
                    5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 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.....62-67.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................18 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110828.HOSS_.01/BYZ