FNUS75 KBYZ 022058
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR O PEACHY...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
258 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1455 MDT ON JUNE 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE FIRE SITE BEGINNING AROUND
500 PM MDT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. ERRATIC WINDS...
WITH GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS. UNTIL
THE STORMS ARRIVE...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WITH A
FEW GUSTS TO 15 MPH...AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE 25 TO
30 PERCENT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE SITE OVERNIGHT
WITH THE WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST. THERE WILL BE GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY BEHIND THAT FRONT. SCHULTZ/BT

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS
                    TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 10 MPH OVERNIGHT.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING WEST
                    OVERNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 19 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SCHULTZ/TESAR
REQUESTED BY...AMY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120602.OPEAC.01/BYZ