FNUS75 KBYZ 200017
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GREY BLANKET...BIA, CROW AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
617 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1802 MDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A FEW CLOUDS WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE SITE THIS EVENING AND AGAIN
LATE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...EXPECT A MOSTLY CLEAR NIGHT. WINDS WILL
REMAIN LIGHT BUT SWITCH TO THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO
A WEAK COOL FRONT THAT WILL APPROACH THE FIRE SITE DURING THE DAY
FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT OF THE SOUTHEAST
WINDS...SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THERE WILL
ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-73.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-98.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120719.GREYB.01/BYZ