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SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY ROAD...MILES CITY INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
356 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1542 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
SATELLITE IMAGERY WAS SHOWING CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING RIGHT OVER
THE SITE. THIS SHOULD BE THE START OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT
ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. STORMS
SHOULD BE WET BUT WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. LOOK
FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THROUGH 6 PM MDT...THEN DECREASING IN
COVERAGE. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE SITE EARLY THIS
EVENING...AIDED BY THUNDERSTORMS...AND TURN WINDS TO THE
NORTHWEST. THERE MAY BE SOME BRIEF GUSTS TO 20 MPH RIGHT AS THE
FRONT GOES THROUGH BUT THESE GUSTS SHOULD NOT LAST LONG. SUNDAY
WILL BE COOLER BUT DRIER. HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS
WITH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 15 MPH. TWH


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...KELLY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120901.DRYRO.01/BYZ