FNUS75 KBYZ 031636 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...USFS - BZC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1036 AM MDT MON OCT 3 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1014 MDT ON OCTOBER 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FIRE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BRINGING SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID 70S TODAY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE 20 TO 25 PERCENT. HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 90 PERCENT TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MID TO UPPER 60S ON TUESDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. WINDS WILL BE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH TODAY AND 5 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT. ON TUESDAY...SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MUCH COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER WILL MOVE IN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. ARTHUR .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................9 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76. MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37. MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................17 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69. MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ARTHUR REQUESTED BY...CRISTI HEANEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20111003.BULL_.01/BYZ