FNUS75 KBYZ 141554
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST FORK 2...BIA, CROW AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
954 AM MDT WED AUG 14 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0927 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL BRING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES
WILL CLIMB INTO THE 80S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S
TO LOWER 30S. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRIER WEATHER TO
THE FIRE ON THURSDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 90 AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN
THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S. LIGHT WEST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL
BECOME NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS AT
5 TO 10 MPH THIS EVENING WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT. LIGHT WINDS
EARLY ON THURSDAY WILL BECOME EAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER
                    OR THUNDERSTORM LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
                    EARLY...BECOME EAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE
                    MORNING.
 RIDGETOP...........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........5.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130814.EASTF.01/BYZ