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SPOT FORECAST FOR RITZ FIRE...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
952 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2130 MDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY IMPACT THE
FIRE SITE BETWEEN ABOUT 11 PM AND 4 AM MDT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
TO 30 MPH MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR WITH THIS ACTIVITY...BUT A WETTING RAIN
IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON
TUESDAY AS WELL...AND GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE IF
THAT ACTIVITY AFFECTS THE FIRE SITE. SCHULTZ

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 7 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................28 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SCHULTZ
REQUESTED BY...GREG NALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120716.RITZF.01/BYZ