FNUS75 KBYZ 111852
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TROUT...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1252 PM MDT SUN AUG 11 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1224 MDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FIRE SITE MAY BE IMPACTED
LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING BY STORMS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ON
BEARTOOTH/ABSAROKEE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS NEW STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD NOT BE IMPACTED BY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
ON EASTERN FACE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. WINDS OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DRIVEN BY TERRAIN WITH UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
WINDS TODAY...AND DOWNSLOPE AND DOWNVALLEY WINDS TONIGHT. RH
VALUES HAVE REACHED NEAR MINIMUM VALUES TODAY...WITH ONLY MODERATE
RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE SLIGHTLY
WARMER AND DRIER MONDAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING AT THE FIRE SITE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 6 TO 12 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 6 TO 12 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

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FORECASTER...GILSTAD/CHAMBERS
REQUESTED BY...CLIFF SHARP
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130811.TROUT.01/BYZ