FNUS75 KBYZ 251629
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...USFS - BZC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1029 AM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1007 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT FOR EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...

...COLD FRONT PASSAGE TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
EXPECT ANOTHER VERY WARM AND DRY DAY ON SITE WITH HUMIDITIES
FALLING TO A RANGE OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH SOME STRONGER GUSTS IN THE
AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND NEGATE SOME OF THE
DOWNSLOPE INFLUENCES OF THE NIGHT TIME WIND. WINDS SHOULD STAY
MORE OUT OF THE WEST THROUGH THE NIGHT. FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BE
LATE THIS EVENING TOWARD MIDNIGHT. MONDAY WILL BE COOLER BEHIND
THE FRONT AND THUS HAVE HIGHER HUMIDITIES. WILL BE BREEZY IN THE
MORNING BUT WINDS SHOULD GO BACK TO THEIR NORMAL DIURNAL PATTERNS
BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL COME THROUGH MAINLY DRY BUT
CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. TWH



.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING 10 TO 18 MPH.
                    GUSTS TO 24 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...CRISTI HEANEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110925.BULL_.01/BYZ