FNUS75 KBYZ 151455
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SPOT FORECAST FOR TOM MINER...USDA FOREST SERVICE GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
855 AM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0835 MDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THE WEATHER WILL BE MUCH COOLER TODAY AT THE FIRE...WITH MOSTLY
CLOUDY SKIES...AND SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING.
RAIN WILL START OFF AS DRIZZLE THIS MORNING...WITH SHOWERS
BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS BY LATE MORNING. SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO
TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH
THE DAY...BUT TAPER OFF AROUND SUNSET. WINDS WILL FAVOR NORMAL
DIURNAL PATTERNS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR
OVERNIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO AROUND 40. TEMPERATURES
WILL TREND SLOWLY UPWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK
WEEK...WITH GOOD RECOVERIES EACH NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................3 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.

$$
FORECASTER...GILSTAD
REQUESTED BY...JULIE SHEA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120815.TOMMI.01/BYZ