FNUS75 KBYZ 121627
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG RIDGE 1...CROW FIRE & AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1027 AM MDT THU JUL 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1003 MDT ON JULY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY AFFECT THE FIRE SITE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. WINDS AT THE FIRE SITE WILL BE DRIVEN BY TERRAIN...AND THUS
THEY WILL BE UPSLOPE AND UPVALLEY AT LESS THAN 10 MPH THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING. DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. THERE
WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH POTENTIALLY GUSTY WINDS AT THE
FIRE SITE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT EXPECT WETTING RAINS
WITH ANY OF THOSE STORMS. SCHULTZ

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 9 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING EAST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    BY LATE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO
                    7 MPH OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SCHULTZ
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120712.LONGR.01/BYZ