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SPOT FORECAST FOR STAG...BLM-MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
528 AM MDT WED MAY 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0508 MDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY AND MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE
FIRE SITE AGAIN TODAY THOUGH EXPECT A FEW CLOUDS. AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN BE IN THE TEENS. LIGHT SOUTHERLY DOWNLSOPE WINDS
THIS MORNING WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AT 7 TO 14 MPH BY MIDDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR EVEN A THUNDERSHOWER
MOVES OUT FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING. THESE
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY ERRATIC WIND BUT LITTLE IF ANY MEASURABLE
RAINFALL. LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...BUT EXPECT A SHARP
WIND SHIFT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO THE NORTH/NORTHWEST...POSSIBLY AS
EARLY AS SUNRISE. THE CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN INCREASES THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY AS A WEATHER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED PACIFIC FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SCATTERED CLOUDS BUT MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF A LIGHT SHOWER OR THUNDERSHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........LIGHT WEST WINDS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    OVERNIGHT. LITTLE RAIN WITH STORMS...BUT THEY
                    MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........46-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...AMY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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