FNUS75 KBYZ 031136
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR JUNIPER...IMT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
536 AM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0524 MDT ON AUGUST 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

AN OVERNIGHT COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE HAS BROUGHT A COOLER AND MORE
HUMID AIR MASS TO THE FIRE LOCATION.

A 500 AM OBSERVATION AT THE BADGER PEAK RAWS SITE...ABOUT 35
MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE FIRE LOCATION...AND AT AN ELEVATION
OF 4300 FEET ...SHOWED A TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES WITH A 75
PERCENT RH VALUE AND WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHEAST GUSTING TO
29 MPH.

MAXIMUM DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF 15 TO
20 DEGREES COOLER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN DURING MUCH OF THE SEASON.
IN ADDITION TO HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL BE PREVALENT ACROSS THE AREA PROVIDING A CHANCE
FOR A WETTING RAIN OVER THE FIRE. GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS
WILL ALSO PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...CAUSING THE
POTENTIAL FOR FIRE GROWTH. SINGER

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................31 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 20 TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...SINGER
REQUESTED BY...MARK HALE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120803.JUNIP.01/BYZ