FNUS75 KBYZ 261618
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SUNDANCE RECREATION RX...BILLINGS DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1018 AM MDT MON MAR 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1005 MDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...COLD FRONT AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

FORECAST CONCERN TODAY IS GUSTY WEST WINDS AT THE BURN SITE BY
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A WARM AND DRY DAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT
WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH 1500. EXPECT A FEW
STRONGER SOUTHWEST GUSTS DEVELOPING BETWEEN 1500 AND 1600 BEFORE
THUNDERSTORMS AND A COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE BURN SITE AROUND
1700. 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AFTER THE
FRONT THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...IT WILL BE WARM AND DRY WITH A
HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY AROUND 17 PERCENT.
WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN THEY WILL
DECREASE. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE GOOD THIS EVENING DUE TO THE
SHOWER ACTIVITY THOUGH A WETTING RAIN ON THE SITE IS NOT CERTAIN.
TUESDAY WILL BE COOLER AND DRY BUT WITH LESS WIND. BORSUM


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...INCREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. A SWITCH TO MUCH
                    STRONGER WEST WINDS IS EXPECTED AROUND 1700 GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 30 TO 45 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................22 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDY IN THE EVENING. WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 45 TO 65 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 30 TO 45 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 40 TO 60 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 25 TO 40 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...CHAD CULLUM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120326.SUNDA.02/BYZ