FNUS75 KBYZ 261333
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ZOOK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
733 AM MDT FRI JUL 26 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0722 MDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...MORNING THUNDERSTORM THREAT...
AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHERN ROSEBUD COUNTY WILL
MOVE OVER OR NEAR THE FIRE AROUND 1000. THE STRONGEST PART OF THESE
STORMS SHOULD SLIDE EAST OF THE FIRE...BUT THE THREAT OF WIND
GUSTS FROM THE NORTH AND EAST TO 45 MPH WILL EXIST EVEN IF THE STORM
MISSES THE FIRE. OTHERWISE EXPECT EASTERLY FLOW TO  KEEP HUMIDITY
MODERATED OVER THE FIRE TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 80S.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SATURDAY
WILL BE HOTTER AND DRIER WITH AN ISOLATED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORM
THREAT. BORSUM

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 1000
                    TO 1200 MAINLY EAST OF THE FIRE.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS
                    MORNING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................ZERO.
LAL.................1...NONE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...BORSUM
REQUESTED BY...DAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130726.ZOOK_.01/BYZ