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SPOT FORECAST FOR MULL DRAW...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
730 AM MDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0716 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND WILL
BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A GUST FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING
TOWARD THE FIRE AREA AND SHOULD BE THERE AROUND BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM
THIS MORNING. LOOK FOR NORTHWEST WINDS TO GUST TO 30 TO 35 MPH
WHEN THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE WET. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER 90S TODAY
WITH RH'S FALLING INTO THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON. UNSETTLED WEATHER
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTH
                    10 TO 20 MPH BY LATE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................33 PERCENT.
LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

$$
FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...MULL DRAW IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120810.MULLD.01/BYZ