FNUS75 KBYZ 142146
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHERAUD...BILLINGS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
346 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1524 MDT ON JULY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALREADY PRODUCING SOME ERRATIC
WINDS IN THE AREA...SO EXPECT OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WILL COME IN WAVES FROM THE
SOUTH...WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING AND
SOME SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WET TODAY
AND AGAIN TOMORROW WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BE
MOSTLY WESTERLY AT 15 MPH OR LESS THROUGH TOMORROW WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THUNDERSTORM GUSTS.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10-15 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST 5-10 MPH. EVENING GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10-20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST 5-10 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10-15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LESTER
REQUESTED BY...IA DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120714.SHERA.02/BYZ