FNUS75 KGGW 312318
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHAIN BUTTES...BLM LED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
518 PM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1653 MDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM SOUTH OF THE FIRE OVER MUSSELSHELL
COUNTY BY LATE EVENING...AND PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS THAT COULD IMPACT THE
FIRE. OTHERWISE EXPECT INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
MIDNIGHT...LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY WARM
OVERNIGHT...WITH ONLY MODERATE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES. WEDNESDAY WILL BE
A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER WITH A CORRESPONDING UPTICK IN HUMIDITY.

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CUMULUS TO THE SOUTHWEST).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....95-97.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    2-4 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL MIDNIGHT THEN 3.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 8 TO 12 MPH BY
                    LATE MORNING....GOING NORTHWESTERLY BY EARLY
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1200 THEN 1.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...GILCHRIST
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120731.CHAIN.02/GGW