FNUS75 KBYZ 102152 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR EMIGRANT...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 352 PM MDT SAT AUG 10 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1530 MDT ON AUGUST 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE HOTTER AND DRIER THAN SATURDAY. HIGH BASED STORMS WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED WITH LESS PRECIPITATION FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE SLOPE DOMINANT WITH OCCASIONAL THERMAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL BECOME POOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT AS DRIER AND HOTTER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL BE IN THE TEENS SUNDAY AND MAY DROP TO SINGLE DIGITS ON MONDAY. CHAMBERS .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80. MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......UP SLOPE/VALLEY 6 TO 12...GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5. .SUNDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-55. MAX HUMIDITY........37-45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWN SLOPE/VALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-82. MIN HUMIDITY........10-16 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......UP SLOPE/VALLEY 6 TO 12 MPH...GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5. $$ FORECASTER...CHAMBERS REQUESTED BY...SHELBY MAJORS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130810.EMIGR.01/BYZ