FNUS75 KBYZ 072000
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR DEER CREEK...USFS GALLATIN NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
200 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1332 MDT ON AUGUST 07. 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON
WITH A FEW CLOUDS BUILDING UP ON AREA PEAKS AND RIDGES. NO 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY OR TODAY. WINDS AT THE
FIRE WILL BE DOMINATED BY UP VALLEY AND DOWN VALLEY FLOWS WITH SOME
INFLUENCE OF UPSLOPE AND DOWNSLOPE IN RESPONSE TO HEATING AND COOLING
OF THE VALLEY AND WALLS OF THE VALLEY. SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS WILL
GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 10 MILES PER HOUR. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINS TO ENTER THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND MAY TRIGGER AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER THE PEAKS AND RIDGES
BY LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON OR EARLY TOMORROW EVENING. DAYTIME
HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT WITH NIGHTTIME RECOVERIES
APPROACHING 75 PERCENT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. 
CWR.................0 PERCENT. 
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT. 
WIND (20 FT)........ 
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH. 
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 MPH. 
HAINES INDEX........5. 

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. 
CWR.................0 PERCENT. 
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55. 
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT. 
WIND (20 FT)........ 
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......TURNING DOWN VALLEY BY 
                    LATE EVENING. 
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 MPH. 
HAINES INDEX........5. 

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON. 
CWR.................10 PERCENT. 
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83 TO 88. 
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT. 
WIND (20 FT)........ 
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWN VALLEY 3 TO 8 MPH THROUGH 
                    MID MORNING BECOMING UP VALLEY BY
                    EARLY AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 20 MPH. 
HAINES INDEX........5. 

$$
FORECASTER...MEIER
REQUESTED BY...TRISTA BABCOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120807.DEERC.01/BYZ