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SPOT FORECAST FOR CROW CREEK...MILES CITY INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
739 AM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0707 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
AFTER DRY AND SUNNY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...LOOK FOR CLOUD
DEVELOPMENT AND A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FIRE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL INCREASE
THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES
THROUGH FROM THE WEST. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL FOR
MOST OF THE DAY...BUT WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO BE FOLLOWED BY A
SURGE OF VERY DRY AIR...SO EXPECT LOWER HUMIDITY ON SUNDAY DESPITE
COOLER TEMPERATURES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
                    SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC
                    WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS EARLY BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST
                    5-15 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN WEST TO
                    NORTHWEST 10-20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...DIMINISHING AFTER 3 AM.
                    ERRATIC WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........48-58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 10-20 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 15-25
                    MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE
                    WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 15-25 MPH EARLY...DECREASING TO
                    10-15 MPH IN THE MORNING. WINDS WILL
                    BECOME SOUTHWEST TO WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...LESTER
REQUESTED BY...SAL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120901.CROWC.01/BYZ