FNUS75 KBYZ 291704
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR RESERVOIR FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1104 AM MDT MON AUG 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1029 MDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS POSSIBLE TODAY...

THE AIRMASS IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE TODAY AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
FORM WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS. HUMIDITY WILL BE HIGHER TODAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER
THE FIRE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
AFTER 1800. AIRMASS WILL STABILIZE OVERNIGHT WITH LESS
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY WITH WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS.
BORSUM

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS UNTIL 1400
                    THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1800.
                    SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN
                    THE LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................26 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...HEFNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110829.RESER.01/BYZ