FNUS75 KBYZ 011355
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR DUNNING-BUTCH...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
755 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0733 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...COLD FRONT PASSAGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
COOLER TODAY WITH LOW CLOUDS PERSISTING FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
HUMIDITY WILL BE MUCH HIGHER WITH TEMPERATURES MUCH COOLER WITH
NORTHERLY WINDS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND EVEN A THUNDERSTORM ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT ACTIVITY WILL BE FAIRLY WEAK.
EXCELLENT RECOVERY TONIGHT WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY DECREASING. FRIDAY
WILL BECOME BREEZY AND WARMER WITH HUMIDITY FALLING TO NEAR 20
PERCENT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON BRINGING A PERIOD OF STRONGER WINDS WHICH WILL LAST INTO
THE EVENING. BORSUM


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........89-94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    15 TO 25 MPH LATE.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...TASHA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110901.DUNNI.01/BYZ