FNUS75 KBYZ 171457
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TAYLOR CREEK...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
857 AM MDT TUE JUL 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0840 MDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE DISTRICT TODAY AND
WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. THE
BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER FIRE ZONES
131 THROUGH 133 WHERE A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE
MAIN THREAT. THESE STORMS WILL BE WET BUT 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 IN
THE MID 90S WEDNESDAY AND UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S ON THURSDAY.
MINIMUM RH'S DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    BE SEVERE THIS EVENING.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79 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.....94-100.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SINGER
REQUESTED BY...MEGAN JACOBSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120717.TAYLO.01/BYZ