FNUS75 KBYZ 090022
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR SMOKE 62...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
622 PM MDT MON JUL 8 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1811 MDT ON JULY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE FIRE AREA BETWEEN 730
AND 8 PM MDT IF THEY STAY ON THE CURRENT TRACK. STORMS MAY DEVELOP
NEAR THE FIRE AREA AHEAD OF THIS LINE. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH
ARE LIKELY WITH ANY STORMS THIS EVENING ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO
GOLFBALL SIZE. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MOVE OUT OF
THE FIRE AREA BY 10 PM MDT. TOMORROW LOOKS COOLER AND DRY WITH
LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. CHAMBERS

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    BE SEVERE IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........89-94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH TURNING NORTHWEST
                    10 TO 20 MPH BY 10 PM MDT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH...TURNING NORTHWEST BY 10
                    PM MDT.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

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FORECASTER...CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...DANIEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130708.SMOKE.01/BYZ