FNUS75 KBYZ 191632
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SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...USFS - BZC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1032 AM MDT MON SEP 19 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1006 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE STRONG WINDS ACROSS NEARBY RIDGETOPS. THE FIRE SITE
WILL BE PROTECTED FROM THE STRONGEST WINDS BUT MAY SEE SOME WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS MIX DOWN BELOW RIDGETOPS AT TIMES AS SHOWERS
PASS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO 40
MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ARE THEN POSSIBLE LATE TODAY AT OR NEAR
THE FIRE SITE. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER TOMORROW AND LOOK FOR ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPS FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK WITH DRY CONDITIONS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................18 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS AT MID MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO WEST 8 TO 16 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 25 TO 40 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-34.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT NORTH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 25 TO 40 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 5 TO
                    10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...CRISTI HEANEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110919.BULL_.01/BYZ