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SPOT FORECAST FOR TIMBER CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
751 AM MDT TUE MAY 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MAY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AT THE SITE.
SHOWERS...POSSIBLY A WEAK THUNDERSTORM...WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE BY AFTERNOON. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY
AFTERNOON WITH THE ONSET OF MIXING. EXPECT A GREATER COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION
CHANCES APPEAR MINIMAL ON THURSDAY. BRS

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BY EVENING.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM/SCHUKNECHT
REQUESTED BY...PATRICK DAVIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120501.TIMBE.01/BYZ