FNUS75 KBYZ 271635 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...USFS - BZC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1035 AM MDT TUE SEP 27 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1013 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS... MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT AT THE FIRE SITE TODAY. UPSLOPE AND UPVALLEY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO GUST TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WINDS WILL BE STRONGER OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY. ON WEDNESDAY...IT WILL BE COOLER WITH A BIT HIGHER HUMIDITY BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE SITE LATE TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80. MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/VALLEY 7 TO 13 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 MPH. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37. MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/VALLEY 4 TO 6 MPH. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67. MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/VALLEY 5 TO 8 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 15 MPH. RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...SCHULTZ/CHAMBERS REQUESTED BY...CRISTI HEANEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110927.BULL_.01/BYZ