FNUS75 KBYZ 011356
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BAD HORSE...CROW FIRE & AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
756 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0724 MDT ON JULY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
CONDITIONS AT THE SITE TODAY WILL BE VERY HOT WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AROUND TEN PERCENT. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE
BY LATE MORNING WITH THE ONSET OF MIXING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST BY MID-AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
THE FRONT WILL IMPACT THE SITE BETWEEN 600 PM AND 800 PM THIS
EVENING. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG
AND BEHIND THE FRONT. CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ON MONDAY
WILL BE COOLER WITH HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY. BRS

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....99-104.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BY MID-AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BY MID-AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    EAST 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    EAST 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY/SCHUKNECHT
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120701.BADHO.01/BYZ