FNUS75 KBYZ 222232
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SARTIN...MILES CITY INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
432 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1555 MDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

...COLD FRONT LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...

GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT RIDGE TOP...TAPERING OFF AFTER
SUNSET. LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS AT THE FIRE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
DRAINAGE WIND DEVELOPS AFTER SUNSET. WINDS WILL TURN SOUTH AT THE
FIRE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND TURN SLOWLY MORE EASTERLY THROUGHOUT
THE EVENING. EXPECT RH RECOVERIES TO BE MODERATE TONIGHT...WITH
TEMPERATURES ONLY INTO THE MID 50S. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL FALL TO
TEENS AGAIN THURSDAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB TOWARD THE MID 90S. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT...BRINGING WIND SHIFT...BUT LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE...FAVORING
                    DRAINAGE WIND AFTER SUNSET.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...TURNING
                    SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
                    AND EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...GILSTAD
REQUESTED BY...DALE WINE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120822.SARTI.01/BYZ