FNUS75 KBYZ 301156
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GILEAD FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
556 AM MDT THU AUG 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0531 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SKIES WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY AS MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL MOVE
OVER THE FIRE SITE TODAY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE
FIRE SITE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING BRINGING A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10
DEGREES COOLER TODAY WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES. A
SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6.

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FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...CURTIS RASMUSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120830.GILEA.01/BYZ