FNUS75 KBYZ 271536
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITTEN...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
936 AM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0915 MDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

PARTLY SUNNY SKIES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ALONG WITH WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S
WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE 20S FOR THE AFTERNOON. A WEAK DISTURBANCE
AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE LATE THIS EVENING
BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM. A MUCH BETTER CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE QUITE WET AS BETTER
MOISTURE ARRIVES INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................24 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

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FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...DAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130727.WHITT.01/BYZ