FNUS75 KBYZ 301103
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CANYON CREEK FIRE...DES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
503 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0444 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY...

...COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

...INCREASING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
TODAY WILL BE MAINLY DRY AS HUMIDITIES FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS
IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING
AND INCREASE A BIT WITH SOME ERRATIC GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT
THEY SHOULD NOT BE TERRIBLY STRONG. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A
THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BUT COVERAGE WILL BE MUCH
LESS THAN MONDAY. WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY BE A LITTLE BREEZY AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND TURN WINDS NORTH. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY
BEHIND THE FRONT. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THURSDAY WILL BE
MUCH COOLER. TWH


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING. GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
                    ALSO...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 12 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
                    NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 12 TO 20 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 26 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. ALSO...GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY. BECOMING NORTH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...KIMBALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110830.CANYO.02/BYZ