FNUS75 KBYZ 232239
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLIE BULL...BLM MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
439 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1618 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 AFTER MIDNIGHT BRINGING A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DECREASE ON TUESDAY WITH
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY COOLER AND HUMIDITIES SLIGHTLY
HIGHER.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST TOWARD
                    DAYBREAK. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST TOWARD DAYBREAK.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...MEGAN JACOBSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120723.WILLI.01/BYZ