FNUS75 KBYZ 211152
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SPOT FORECAST FOR MAVERICK FIRE...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
552 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0534 MDT ON JULY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING THIS MORNING OVER THE FIRE
LOCATION...THOUGH MOST OF THIS WILL BE HIGH CLOUDINESS THERE IS
JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SPRINKLE OR TWO THROUGH 10 AM. LOOK FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND
LINGER INTO THE EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS IN
THE AREA MAY TURN SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. STORMS
SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 9 PM THIS EVENING. HUMIDITY WILL BE
RELATIVELY HIGH AT THE FIRE SITE TODAY STAYING ABOVE 30 PERCENT.
THE CHANCE OF RAIN DECREASES SUNDAY WITH SOMEWHAT WARMER AND DRIER
CONDITIONS. BT

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
                    AND STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
CWR.................24 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....66-72.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......450 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-97.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...GREG NALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120721.MAVER.01/BYZ