FNUS75 KBYZ 222148
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFFALO CREEK...BILLINGS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
348 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1510 MDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE FIRE AREA
BY 5 PM AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT
TONIGHT. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND SUBSTANTIAL LIGHTNING WITH ANY
STORMS. RH RECOVERIES WILL BE GOOD TONIGHT. EAST/SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS
WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE...THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST MONDAY
AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE SITE MONDAY
EVENING. EXPECT A PERIOD OF GUSTY WINDS...RH VALUES IN
THE TEENS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT MONDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING. CHAMBERS/SINGER

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-97.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 8 TO 17 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................27 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........LIGHT WINDS.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....97-102.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST AT 5-15 IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS/SINGER
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120722.BUFFA.02/BYZ