FNUS75 KBYZ 231712
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRADSHAW...MILES CITY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1112 AM MDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1048 MDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
...COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIND SHIFT...

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING VERY WARM TEMPERATURES TO THE SITE
TODAY AND TUESDAY WITH READINGS IN THE MID 8OS. MID LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL NOT REACH THE SITE UNTIL THIS EVENING WITH THUNDERSTORMS NOT
IMPACTING THE SITE UNTIL NEAR SUNSET. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL BE IN THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON...AND IN THE UPPER TEENS TO
LOWER 20S ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5
TO 10 MPH BOTH DAYS WITH A WIND SHIFT TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO THE
NORTHWEST WITH GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY WILL
DEVELOP A BIT EARLIER. BORSUM

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
                    WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT DRAINAGE WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    12-18 MPH BY AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...AMY LANCASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120423.BRADS.01/BYZ