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SPOT FORECAST FOR EMIGRANT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1151 AM MDT SUN JUL 28 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1120 MDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE
TODAY THROUGH MONDAY BRINGING CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. INCREASING MID-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW
THUNDERSTORMS TO BE MORE WET IN NATURE. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER TODAY THAN SATURDAY AND A FEW DEGREES
COOLER YET FOR MONDAY. AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDIITIES BOTH DAYS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING
                    NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.
CWR.................34 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHEAST 5
                    TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......13100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

$$
FORECASTER...HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN MATLOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130728.EMIGR.01/BYZ