FNUS75 KBYZ 031501
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LODGE GRASS COMPARTMENT...CROW FIRE & AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
901 AM MDT TUE APR 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0835 MDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS AT THE BURN SITE WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST WITH SOME GUSTS OVER
20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE NEAR
20 PERCENT TODAY. THE HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 50 PERCENT
TONIGHT...AND THEN FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AGAIN WEDNESDAY. THE
WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEASTERLY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SOME POTENTIAL
FOR A COUPLE AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 MPH. SCHULTZ/BT

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST-SOUTHEAST 9 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 19
                    MPH...BECOMING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH BY
                    NOON. GUSTS TO 22 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH. A FEW GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH THIS EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS TO 17 MPH.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SCHULTZ/TESAR
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120403.LODGE.01/BYZ