FNUS75 KBYZ 211510
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR PARK TURN...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
910 AM MDT THU JUN 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0854 MDT ON JUNE 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TODAY AND AN EAST TO
SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL OVERTAKE THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. LOW PRESSURE
WILL APPROACH THE FIRE FROM WYOMING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE DRY
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. TODAY WILL BE WARMER THAN
YESTERDAY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 20S. HUMIDITIES WILL
BE 35 TO 40 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH TODAY
WILL BECOME EAST LATE. A LOW-LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FIRE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. EAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT
WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON FRIDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH....BECOMING EAST
                    IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...TASHA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120621.PARKT.01/BYZ