FNUS75 KBYZ 070053 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR O PEACHY...MILES CITY DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 653 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1830 MDT ON JUNE 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH NORTH TOWARD THE FIRE SITE AROUND MIDNIGHT...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. RH VALUES WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL REACH MID 70 PERCENT RANGE THEREAFTER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE THROUGH THURSDAY OVER THE FIRE SITE. THIS SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES COOL...AND MINIMUM RH VALUES HIGHER. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TONIGHT AS WELL AS THURSDAY...BUT ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. CWR.................19 PERCENT. LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. RIDGETOP...........EAST 15 TO 25 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................33 PERCENT. LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70. MIN HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................9 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY... 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........31-36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...GILSTAD REQUESTED BY...JACALYNN PARKS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120606.OPEAC.02/BYZ