FNUS75 KBYZ 301516
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEARTOOTH PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
816 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 MST ON NOVEMBER 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

LIGHT WINDS AT THE BURN SITE THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING...AND INCREASE
THROUGH DAY. RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON
AND SWITCH TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO
UPPER 40S TODAY...WITH RH VALUES INCREASING THROUGH THE DAY. MAX
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................24 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................37 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 30 TO 45 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
CWR.................28 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 35 TO 50 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.

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FORECASTER...GILSTAD
REQUESTED BY...DREW GRIMES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121130.BEART.01/BYZ