FNUS75 KBYZ 040834
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TAYLOR FIRE...ASH CREEK IMT/POWDER RIVER COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
234 AM MDT WED JUL 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0217 MDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE FIRE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS
AT SPEEDS OF 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH UNTIL 0800. WINDS
WILL BEGIN DECREASING IN SPEED AND SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST
BY 1200. DURING THE AFTERNOON WINDS WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING TO THE
EAST AND BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY SHOULD WILL NOT
RISE MUCH ABOVE 45 PERCENT. HUMIDITY WILL STEADILY FALL AFTER 0900
WITH MINIMUM VALUES OF 14 TO 18 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL
BE SUNNY TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO THE UPPER 80S.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........43-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 25.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH TRENDING NORTHEAST
                    AND THEN EAST 10 TO 15 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120704.TAYLO.01/BYZ