FNUS75 KBYZ 311506
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SPOT FORECAST FOR STACEY...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
906 AM MDT WED AUG 31 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0830 MDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM MDT
THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH AREA THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY
SOUTHWEST WINDS AND HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
CRITICAL WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EVOLVE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AFTER
CLOUDS BURN OFF. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE MID 90S AND
HUMIDITY TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 35
MPH DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA AROUND 1900 PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS AND A STRONG
WIND SHIFT TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. EXPECT
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH
NORTH WINDS DECREASING BY MORNING. THURSDAY LOOKS COOLER WITH
HUMIDITY MINIMUMS AROUND 40 PERCENT AND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORM BUT ACTIVITY AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT. BORSUM

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS BECOMING 18 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 35 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING. WINDS DECREASING LATE. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...JACALYNN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110831.STACE.01/BYZ