FNUS75 KBYZ 110322
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ELMHURST...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
922 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2059 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...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE TONIGHT
AND WILL BRING A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOOK FOR
ERRATIC WINDS WITH ANY STORM. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO
10 MPH BUT WILL SWITCH TO THE WEST AROUND 3 AM AS A WEAK SURFACE
FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR
SEVERAL HOURS. HOT TEMPERATURES AND POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
BE OVER THE FIRE SITE ON WEDNESDAY. RH'S WILL BE IN THE LOW TO
MID TEENS. AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS
MONSOON MOISTURE MOVES OVER THE REGION ALONG WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THESE STORMS COULD IMPACT
THE FIRE AREA ALONG WITH LIGHTNING. A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY
STORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN
                    THE EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
                    GUSTY WINDS LATE IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
                    WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94-99.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...GREGG NALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120710.ELMHU.01/BYZ