FNUS75 KBYZ 291019
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BOZEMAN CREEK...GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
419 AM MDT SUN JUL 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0403 MDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING HOURS...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING
EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. EXPECT GOOD RH RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT.
WINDS WILL BE SLOPE DOMINANT TODAY AND MONDAY. WARMER AND DRIER
CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY WITH ISOLATED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CHAMBERS

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UP SLOPE/VALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH. ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWN SLOPE/VALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

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.....81-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UP SLOPE/VALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...CRISTI HEANEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120729.BOZEM.01/BYZ