FNUS75 KBYZ 171557
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR DUGAN...MT DNRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
957 AM MDT MON SEP 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0935 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WARMER...DRIER AND BREEZY ON TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE MOVING FROM MONTANA INTO THE DAKOTAS IS KEEPING COOL
TEMPERATURES OVER THE FIRE THIS MORNING. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE
WITH DAYTIME HEATING BUT AFTERNOON MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE
BELOW NORMAL AND IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST AT 10
TO 15 MPH WITH HUMIDITY MINIMUMS REACHING THE LOWER 20S. IT WILL
BE ANOTHER COOL NIGHT BUT HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE NOT AS HIGH.
EXPECT A MUCH WARMER DAY ON TUESDAY AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES MORE
UNSTABLE. WINDS WILL AGAIN BE NORTHWESTERLY WITH A COLD FRONT
EXPECTED LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. EXPECT TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE
70S AND HUMIDITY IN THE TEENS WITH NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 15 TO 20
MPH RANGE. BORSUM

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........46-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...STEVE STANHOPE PSC2
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120917.DUGAN.01/BYZ