FNUS75 KBYZ 012346
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR KELTY...NORTHERN CHEYENNE AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
546 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1732 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 NEAR THE
SITE. THE MAIN PUSH WITH THE CLOUDS NEAR THE SITE EARLY THIS
EVENING SHOULD BE TO THE EAST...BUT NEED TO WATCH OTHER CUMULUS
DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE...NEAR SHERIDAN. HAVE THE KEEP
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MID EVENING.
STORMS WILL BE MAINLY WET WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH.
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL DECREASE AFTER 9 PM MDT. WINDS WILL BE
NORTHWEST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING. SOME GUSTS
TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL TURN MORE
TO THE NORTH SUNDAY...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER BUT
DRIER. HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT SUNDAY.

.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.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS
                    TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

$$
FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...MERLIN SIOUX
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120901.KELTY.01/BYZ