FNUS75 KBYZ 171554
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR STROUD...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
954 AM MDT TUE JUL 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0934 MDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE OVER THE FIRE SITE THIS
MORNING. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SITE DURING
THE DAY TODAY AND WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
FIRE AREA. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN
THREATS WITH ANY SEVERE WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL BE WET BUT
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LAL VALUES OF
4 CAN BE EXPECTED. DRY WEATHER AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN
ON WEDNESDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE
REGION. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO REACH WELL INTO THE 90S
WEDNESDAY. MINIMUM RH'S WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID
TEENS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  SOME THUNDERSTORMS
                    MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96-101.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SINGER
REQUESTED BY...KELSEY PLUHAR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120717.STROU.01/BYZ