FNUS75 KBYZ 292010
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKIBSTAD...MONTANA NRCS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
210 PM MDT SUN JUL 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1351 MDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS WILL REACH THE
FIRE AREA BY 1530 AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND LIGHTNING. EXPECT NORTHEASTERLY
WINDS TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE CELLS AFTER 1900 AND THIS SHOULD
SUPPORT MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERY LATER THIS EVENING. MONDAY WILL
BE AGAIN SUNNY AND WARMER WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OCCURRING
IN THE EVENING. HUMIDITY MINIMUMS WILL FALL INTO THE MID
TEENS BUT WINDS SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT AND BE GENERALLY
OUT OF THE EAST. BORSUM


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....95-100.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN FARNSWORTH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120729.SKIBS.02/BYZ