FNUS75 KBYZ 082056
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR EMIGRANT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
256 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1411 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BE OVER THE FIRE AREA FRIDAY WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES BOTTOMING OUT NEAR 30 PERCENT AND HIGHS REACHING THE MID
70S. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN ANY STORM. A FEW
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE BURN
AREA AS HUMIDITIES RECOVER TO AROUND 75 PERCENT. MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WHICH MAY BE WET AND PRODUCE
GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.
HIGHS SATURDAY WILL APPROACH 80...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING
TO NEARLY 20 PERCENT.

EXTENDED...SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE A DRIER DAY...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FALLING TO AROUND 10 PERCENT AND HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY
AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENINGS. DO NOT SEE ANY STRONG WINDS FOR
THIS PERIOD...BUT OCCASIONAL THERMAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH OVERNIGHT
RECOVERIES INTO THE 60S. STC/CHAMBERS

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UP SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWN SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UP SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...CAMPBELL/CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...SHELBY MAJORS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130808.EMIGR.01/BYZ