FNUS75 KBYZ 232319
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHASE...BLM MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
519 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1703 MDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.
CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE BY EARLY EVENING ALONG WITH A
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM
WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
FIRE SITE SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY BRINGING A WIND SHIFT TO
THE NORTHWEST. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DECREASE ON TUESDAY BUT THERE
WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM. AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH HUMIDITIES SLIGHTLY
HIGHER.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...JACALYNN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120723.CHASE.01/BYZ