FNUS75 KBYZ 041021
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR GILEAD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
421 AM MDT THU OCT 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0409 MDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED
AT THE FIRE SITE THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
TODAY WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
A GRADUAL WARMING AND DRYING TREND IS THEN EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
BT

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW
                    SHOWERS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....29-34.
MIN HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....18-23.
MAX HUMIDITY........92-97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS.
CWR.................34 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....26-31.
MIN HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........2.

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FORECASTER...TESAR
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN HILLARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121004.GILEA.01/BYZ