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SPOT FORECAST FOR CANYON CREEK FIRE...ICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
416 PM MDT WED AUG 31 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1600 MDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BUT MOST OF THE
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE WEAK AND NOT AS INTENSE AS STORMS EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON. COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE FIRE AREA AND
HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE NIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
CAN STILL BE EXPECTED AS COLDER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA.
THURSDAY WILL BE MUCH COOLER WITH WITH HUMIDITY MINIMUM REMAINING
ABOVE 40 PERCENT. NORTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AND REMAIN
LESS THAN 15 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY BUT STORMS WILL NOT BE
INTENSE AND SHOULD PRODUCE MUCH LESS LIGHTNING AND WIND. FRIDAY
WILL BE WARMER WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. BORSUM


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMSSOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................22 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........79-84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................22 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........48-53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

...EXTENDED OUTLOOK...

FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
15 TO 25 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10
MPH.
.SUNDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

$$


FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...BRUCE GIERSDORF
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110831.CANYO.01/BYZ