FNUS75 KBYZ 032211
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SPOT FORECAST FOR CLAPPER FLATS...LAUREL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
411 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1556 MDT ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT BETWEEN 445 AND 515 PM TO THE
NORTH/NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH
POSSIBLE. HUMIDITY READINGS IN THE LOWER TEENS WILL RISE TO
AROUND 30 PERCENT AN HOUR OR TWO BEHIND THE WIND SHIFT. NORTHERLY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AT 10 TO 15 MPH BEFORE
DECREASING TO LESS THAN 10 MPH LATE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
A THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING...BUT LITTLE CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....99-102.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-14 PERCENT...RISING TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT BY 700 PM.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH....BECOMING
                    NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. GUSTY
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    35 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO
                    15 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120703.CLAPP.01/BYZ