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SPOT FORECAST FOR CABIN CREEK FIRE...SHERIDAN COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
738 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1919 MDT ON JULY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
THOUGH THE CHANCE OF AN ACTUAL THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING IS
MINIMAL...WEAK THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF
THE FIRE SITE MAY CAUSE SOME MODERATE WIND GUSTS TO REACH THE FIRE
THROUGH AROUND 10 MPH THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING...WITH A RELATIVELY POOR HUMIDITY
RECOVERY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE INCREASED ON WEDNESDAY.
ERRATIC WIND GUSTS AND LIGHTNING COULD IMPACT THE FIRE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE WET...BUT
PRECIPITATION WILL BE SPOTTY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
                    ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS OR FROM STORMS TO THE WEST.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT...EXCEPT 50-60 PERCENT IN THE
                    VALLEY BOTTOM.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 4-8 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
                    ERRATIC WIND GUSTS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96-100.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH 4-8 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 5-15 MPH BY LATE MORNING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...LESTER
REQUESTED BY...BILL BIASTOCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120710.CABIN.01/BYZ