FNUS75 KBYZ 180208
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR RIVER ISLAND...BILLINGS DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
808 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1946 MDT ON MARCH 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AT THE
FIRE SITE AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND RH VALUES RECOVER. WINDS
SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY SOUTHERLY OVERNIGHT...BUT VARY BETWEEN
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY WILL CLIMB TO THE MID 60S AND RH VALUES FALL TO THE MID 20
PERCENT RANGE...IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED THROUGH THE
FIRE SITE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS FRONT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT WIDESPREAD
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TO FOLLOW FOR THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.



.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GILSTAD/RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...DAN HAUF
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120317.RIVER.01/BYZ