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SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL ELK PARK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
224 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1355 MST ON NOVEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
APPEARS THAT THE FIRE SITE WILL BE SHELTERED FROM STRONGER
NORTHEAST AND EAST ENVIRONMENTS WINDS TODAY THROUGH
TOMORROW...FAVORING DIURNAL NORMALS...BUT KEEP IN MIND STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AT RIDGETOP. WINDS AT THE FIRE
SITE WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT...WITH EXCELLENT RH RECOVERIES
OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE
AREA...WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY
FRIDAY...WITH SNOW CONTINUING SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................59 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MIN HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BECOMING NORTH
                    10 TO 20 MPH LATE.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.

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FORECASTER...GILSTAD
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121108.BULLE.02/BYZ