FNUS75 KBYZ 261559
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAW LOG RX...CROW FIRE & AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
959 AM MDT THU APR 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON APRIL 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE OVER THE BURN SITE TODAY AS PACIFIC
LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL INCREASE
IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB THROUGH THE
60S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT
5 TO 15 MPH WILL BECOME SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A HIGHER
CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM CROSSES THE AREA. THE
SYSTEM WILL DRAG COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION ALONG WITH A SHIFT TO GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL NOT RISE FROM
THE LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING
AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON DUE TO THE COLDER AIRMASS OVER
THE AREA. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY.




.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................28 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................49 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST
                    AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH
                    LATE.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................68 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120426.SAWLO.01/BYZ