FNUS75 KBYZ 221719
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CATTLE...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1119 AM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1108 MDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT
NORTHERLY WINDS TURNING EASTERLY LATE IN THE DAY. BETTER CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE EVENING THROUGH EARLY MORNING HOURS
BETWEEN 11 PM AND 4 AM. EXPECT SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING WITH ANY
STORMS...BUT HEAVY PRECIPITATION AS WELL. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL
INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE...ESPECIALLY AT RIDGE TOP ELEVATIONS.
EXPECT GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY WITH ISOLATED
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO FIRE AREA
AROUND MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND A
WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. CHAMBERS

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH...SHIFTING EAST LATE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...JACALYNN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120722.CATTL.01/BYZ