FNUS75 KBYZ 071627
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...USFS - BZC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1027 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1006 MDT ON OCTOBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

COOL TEMPERATURES AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL KEEP RH VALUES UP ON
THE FIRE SITE TODAY. SATURDAY WILL BE A BIT WARMER AND DRIER...AS
THE WEATHER SYSTEM SLIPS EASTWARD...BUT MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL
STILL REMAIN AROUND 50 PERCENT. STRONG AND GUSTY WEST
WINDS...GUSTING NEAR 40MPH...AT RIDGE TOP WILL BRING SOME
STRONGER WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE FIRE SITE THROUGH THE
DAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................52 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MIN HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW
                    SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........94-99 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GILSTAD/TESAR
REQUESTED BY...CRISTI HEANEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111007.BULL_.01/BYZ