FNUS75 KBYZ 212037
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ABERDEEN...BIA, CROW AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
237 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1418 MDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...HOT WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY...

...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...
IT WILL BE ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY TODAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
IN THE 90S AND HUMIDITIES AROUND 10 PERCENT TO SINGLE DIGITS.
WINDS WILL BE GUSTY OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST INTO EARLY
EVENING WITH SOME GUSTS TO 24 MPH. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO
THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND TURN WINDS TO THE WEST AND
NORTHWEST. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM TONIGHT WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. STORMS WILL BE MAINLY DRY WITH GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS. WEDNESDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH A BREEZY
NORTHWEST WIND. HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER BUT STILL FALL INTO THE
UPPER TEENS IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED...MAINLY EARLY WEDNESDAY...BUT THESE WILL BE A LITTLE
WETTER THAN TODAY. STORMS WILL STILL HAVE GUSTY WINDS. TWH


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-97.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 24 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 24 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS
                    DECREASING IN THE MID EVENING. WINDS THEN
                    BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND MIDNIGHT.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST BECOMING WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.WEDNESDAY...

HAINES INDEX........5.
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    24 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

$$
FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120821.ABERD.01/BYZ