FNUS75 KBYZ 061640 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...USFS - BZC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1040 AM MDT TUE SEP 6 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1010 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BRING ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE A WARM RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S. HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 80 PERCENT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH TODAY AND WILL BECOME LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BECOME NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................8 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78. MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-39. MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78. MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ARTHUR REQUESTED BY...CRISTI HEANEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110906.BULL_.01/BYZ