FNUS75 KBYZ 280939
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKIBSTAD...IMT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
339 AM MDT SAT JUL 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0327 MDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 90S TODAY WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE MID TEENS. THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE MORE WIND THAN RAIN WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
POSSIBLE CLOSE TO STORMS. EXPECT WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT. CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SUNDAY
WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER BEHIND FRONT. WINDS TURNING EASTERLY
IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BRING A BIT HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.
SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WETTER SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. 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........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........48-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND
                    9 PM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE EAST 8 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 8 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN FARNSWORTH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120728.SKIBS.01/BYZ