FNUS75 KBYZ 161502
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOST FARM...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
902 AM MDT THU MAY 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0850 MDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE FIRE
AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE BEST CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS
WILL COME FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A STRONGER DISTURBANCE MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH A
COOLING TREND EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO
15 MPH WILL BRING IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BOTH TODAY AND FRIDAY.
THIS MOISTURE WILL KEEP MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER
30 TO LOWER 40 PERCENT RANGE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................31 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.

$$
FORECASTER...RICHMOND
REQUESTED BY...JACALYNN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130516.LOSTF.01/BYZ