FNUS75 KBYZ 152137
FWSBYZ

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1519 MDT ON JULY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE UNSETTLED PATTERN REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION SO CANNOT RULE
OUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE NEAR THE FIRE IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 20 PERCENT.
THE LIGHT SOUTHWEST WIND WILL SHIFT AROUND TO A NORTH/NORTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION BY LATE EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT
SHOULD BE IN THE 60 PERCENT RANGE. ANTICIPATE MUCH OF THE SAME FOR
MONDAY WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND A RISK FOR A LATE DAY
THUNDERSTORM ALONG WITH A LIGHT NORTHERLY WIND.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AT
                    10 TO 15 MPH BY LATE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDERS
REQUESTED BY...JACALYNN PARKS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120715.EMILE.02/BYZ