FNUS75 KBYZ 290213
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKIBSTAD...MONTANA NRCS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
813 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1953 MDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON
OVER THE FIRE...AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY EVENING AS DISTURBANCES MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE
HEAVY RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES WILL SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY WITH
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN BE
AROUND 20 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT
IN THE MORNING. THE WINDS WILL BECOME EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT NORTHEAST
WINDS SUNDAY EVENING WILL TURN NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT DUE TO ANOTHER WEAK
COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

.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.....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 IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
                    WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN FARNSWORTH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120728.SKIBS.04/BYZ