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SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY CREEK/CLAPPER FLATS...LAUREL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
514 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...
WIND SHIFT/FRONT TO THE NORTH OF THE FIRE HAS SLOWED DOWN SOME AND IS
NEAR MOLT AS OF 510 PM. IT IS NOW EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
FIRE BETWEEN 545 AND 615 PM. LOOK FOR SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS TO
BECOME 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. BT


.REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................3 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....99-103.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-12 PERCENT.
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 35 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.................8 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
                    40 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO
                    10 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 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