FNUS75 KBYZ 292249
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ASPEN GROVE...BIA, CROW AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
449 PM MDT SUN JUL 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1627 MDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE AREA FIRE THROUGH THIS EVENING
AND DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AS WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 70S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
BE 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BECOME LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY TONIGHT. LIGHT UPSLOPE
WINDS WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY. IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN TODAY WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 20 PERCENT. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON WITH MORE DISTURBANCES CROSSING THE AREA.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UP-VALLEY WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120729.ASPEN.01/BYZ