FNUS75 KBYZ 151954
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ALKALI...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
154 PM MDT SUN JUL 15 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1337 MDT ON JULY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE UNSETTLED PATTERN REMAINS IN PLACE SO CANNOT RULE
OUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING. ONLY ABOUT 30 PERCENT COVERAGE OF STORMS IS ANTICIPATED
NEAR THE FIRE. THE LIGHTER NORTH WINDS SHOULD SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
BY EARLY EVENING AND INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT WILL ONLY REBOUND TO ABOUT 60 PERCENT.
ANTICIPATE MUCH OF THE SAME FOR MONDAY WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND A
RISK FOR A LATE DAY THUNDERSTORM.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDERS
REQUESTED BY...KELSEY PLUHAR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120715.ALKAL.01/BYZ