FNUS75 KBYZ 281401
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR KNOWLTON...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
801 AM MDT SUN AUG 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0745 MDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
COOLER TEMPERATURE WILL BE OVER THE FIRE SITE TODAY AS CLOUDS
BEGIN INCREASING BY LATE MORNING. IT WILL REMAIN DRY TODAY WITH
LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING SWITCHING TO THE NORTHEAST AND
INCREASING TO 5 TO 15 MPH BY 11 AM. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND WILL PRODUCE A FEW ISOLATED
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. EASTERLY
SURFACE FLOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL KEEP MINIMUM RH'S IN THE MID TO
UPPER 20 PERCENT RANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RH'S WILL RECOVER
OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60 PERCENT RANGE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    BY NOON TIME.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...CARMEN DRIELING
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110828.KNOWL.01/BYZ