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SPOT FORECAST FOR STAG...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
543 AM MDT MON MAY 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0518 MDT ON MAY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FIRE SITE
TODAY. LIGHT DOWNSLOPE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING AND
INCREASE A BIT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE
MOST LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT AND WILL BE SOUTHERLY AT UP 15 MPH AT
TIMES TUESDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TEENS TODAY AND
TOMORROW WITH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERY WILL BE QUITE POOR. THE BEST CHANCE OF
WETTING RAIN FOR THE FIRE SITE WILL BE FRIDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT SOUTHWEST DOWNSLOPE THIS MORNING TURNING NORTH OR
                    NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON AT
                    8 TO 14 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........32-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...TASHA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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