FNUS75 KGGW 011133
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHAIN BUTTES...BLM LED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
533 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0513 MDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY...SHIFTING
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...

.DISCUSSION...MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED
THROUGH THE BURN AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST.
AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
ESPECIALLY BEFORE 9 AM. SKIES WILL CLEAR BY LATE MORNING AND VERY
DRY AIR WILL MOVE IN WITH WEST WINDS. A DRY COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED
AROUND NOON ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND
THE FRONT. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH BECOMING WEST 11 TO
                    16 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FORRESTER
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120801.CHAIN.01/GGW