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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROUGH FIRE...MILES CITY INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
603 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1752 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY
ON FRIDAY. SOME GUSTS TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE STRONGER ON FRIDAY WITH SOME GUSTS TO 26
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE QUITE A FEW CLOUDS AROUND
THROUGH THE EVENING BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STAY SOUTH
OF THE SITE. A FEW STORMS COULD WORK INTO THE SITE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND CREATE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. FRIDAY WILL BE
WARMER WITH HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE TEENS. A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR LOW
HUMIDIITIES COMBINED WITH INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. TWH

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH GUSTS TO 26 BY
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...KELLY ACREE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120830.ROUGH.01/BYZ