FNUS75 KBYZ 282122
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKIBSTAD...MONTAN DNRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
322 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1453 MDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE FIRE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE WET. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID TEENS TO
AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRING A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS
EVENING BUT SPEEDS WILL NOT BE VERY STRONG. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
ON SUNDAY AS ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES CROSS THE FIRE. TEMPERATURES AND
HUMIDITIES WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY/S READINGS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
                    WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST LATE IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN FARNSWORTH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120728.SKIBS.02/BYZ