FNUS75 KBYZ 301327
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ASPEN GROVE...BIA, CROW AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
727 AM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0656 MDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE FIRE SITE THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE SEEING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA AFTER 230 PM.
THESE STORMS WILL BE MOSTLY WET...BUT MAY PRODUCE ERRATIC GUSTS
TO 45 MPH. LOOK FOR A LITTLE WARMER TEMPERATURES THAN YESTERDAY
AND HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS
THIS MORNING WILL TURN MAINLY EAST TO NORTHEAST BY THIS AFTERNOON
AT 6 TO 12 MPH.

THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY LATE EVENING.
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS AND
SOMEWHAT DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY. BT

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE EARLY TODAY UNDER 10 MPH...EAST TO
                    NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AT 6 TO 12 MPH.
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WESTERLY THIS MORNING AT 5 TO 15 MPH...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH
                    THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................18 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........29-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120730.ASPEN.01/BYZ