FNUS75 KBYZ 121640
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR TROUT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1040 AM MDT MON AUG 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1020 MDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE BURN
SITE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. WINDS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE DRIVEN BY TERRAIN WITH UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS TODAY...AND
DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS TONIGHT. EXPECT SIMILAR HOT AND DRY
CONDITIONS TODAY AS SEEN YESTERDAY...BUT WITH IMPROVED RH
RECOVERIES TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. SLIGHTLY HIGHER MINIMUM RH VALUES CAN BE EXPECTED
TUESDAY...WITH DRIED CONDITIONS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING AT THE FIRE SITE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS TO FOLLOW.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
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.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................26 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........4.

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FORECASTER...GILSTAD/HOOLEY
REQUESTED BY...RICHARD RAMSEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130812.TROUT.01/BYZ