FNUS75 KBYZ 221340 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR MILMINE...MILES CITY DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 740 AM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0714 MDT ON JULY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MINIMUM HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES REACH THE UPPER 90S. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE FIRE SITE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER TO NEAR 60 PERCENT TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. STORMS COULD BE WET. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN FROM 20 TO 25 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND THE FRONT MONDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH. STC/CHAMBERS .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-97. MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. CWR.................15 PERCENT. LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....71-76. MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 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.................15 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....96-101. MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...CAMPBELL/CHAMBERS REQUESTED BY...JACALYNN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120722.MILMI.01/BYZ