FNUS75 KBYZ 142058
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR 277...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
258 PM MDT WED AUG 14 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1442 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING. INITIAL STORMS HAVE SLID EAST OF THE FIRE AND WOULD
EXPECT THAT TO BE THE MAIN TREND...BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT A STORM
OR TWO MOVING INTO THE SITE. DRIER AIR WAS MOVING IN AND THIS
WILL SERVE TO DECREASE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ON THURSDAY. WINDS
WILL BE DRIVEN BY DIURNAL TRENDS AND RESPOND TO TERRAIN
INFLUENCES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER ON THURSDAY. HUMIDITIES
WILL DROP INTO THE 20S THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TWH

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE 2 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................24 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE 2 TO 10 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING.
                    WINDS BECOMING DOWNSLOPE BY MID EVENING.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 10 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING.
                    WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE BY MID MORNING. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

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FORECASTER...HUMPHREY
REQUESTED BY...CLIFF SHARP
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130814.277__.01/BYZ