FNUS75 KBYZ 292226
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CANYON CREEK...BILLINGS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
426 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1607 MDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...MULTIPLE WIND SHIFTS AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY POSSIBLE
ON FIRE...

WINDS THAT ARE FROM THE NORTH OVER THE FIRE WILL HAVE A SHIFT TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 2O MPH BY 1640 AND THEN A STRONGER PUSH OF
WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH BY 1700.

EXPECT THE WINDS TO CONTINUE FOR 30 MINUTES AFTER THIS SHIFT AND
THEN DECREASE.

A THUNDERSTORM IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE FIRE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE THREAT OF
ERRATIC WINDS UNTIL 2100 THIS EVENING. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY TO DECREASE BY MIDNIGHT WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15
MPH FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. TUESDAY WILL HAVE LESS THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WITH WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. BORSUM


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......MULTIPLE WIND SHIFTS EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE
                    DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS..
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
                    WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING AFTER DARK.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...LAURA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110829.CANYO.01/BYZ