FNUS75 KBYZ 022139
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SPOT FORECAST FOR HIBBARD...BILLINGS INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
339 PM MDT SUN SEP 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1528 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A FEW GUSTS TO 16 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY
THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...OTHERWISE WINDS WILL
DECREASE AND TURN NORTHERLY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE
A LITTLE LIGHTER ON MONDAY UNDER A SUNNY SKY. HIGHS WILL BE JUST A
TOUCH COOLER. THE FRONT WILL REINFORCE THE DRY LOW LEVELS AND
ALLOW HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO AROUND 10 PERCENT AGAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH TUESDAY AND
BRING STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS. TWH

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 12 MPH. EARLY EVENING
                    GUSTS TO 16 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.LABOR DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 4 TO 12 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 MPH IN THE MORNING. WEST IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...BERT STARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120902.HIBBA.01/BYZ