FNUS75 KBYZ 282328
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GILEAD FIRE...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
528 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1714 MDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
EXPECT POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT. WINDS WILL TURN MORE TO A
SOUTHERLY DIRECTION BY LATE EVENING. WINDS WILL START OUT SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN TURN MORE WEST TO NORTHWEST BY
LATE MORNING TO AROUND NOON ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN
STRENGTH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 28 MPH EXPECTED BY AROUND NOON. A COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE SITE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND TURN WINDS
MORE NORTH TO NORTHEAST. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING.
WEDNESDAY WILL BE WARM AND DRY WITH HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE
TEENS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THURSDAY WILL BE COOLER BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. TWH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH TO NORTHEAST 2 TO 8 MPH THIS EVENING.
                    WINDS TURNING SOUTH BY LATE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING. WINDS TURNING WEST TO NORTHWEST AND
                    INCREASING TO 14 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28
                    MPH BY LATE MORNING TO AROUND NOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...GILEAD IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120828.GILEA.01/BYZ