FNUS75 KBYZ 142126
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR EMIGRANT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
326 PM MDT WED AUG 14 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1452 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS TO THE
FIRE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 80
DEGREES ON THURSDAY AND WILL BE IN THE LOWER 80S ON FRIDAY.
HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS BOTH DAYS. WINDS WILL BE DOMINATED
BY TERRAIN INFLUENCES AND WILL BE LIGHT.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY WINDS 4 TO 12 MPH EARLY...
                    THEN WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE/UP-VALLEY 6 TO 14
                    MPH BY MID MORNING.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UP-VALLEY WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOME DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY
                    4 TO 12 MPH BY LATE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY WINDS 4 TO 12 MPH EARLY...
                    THEN WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE/UP-VALLEY 6 TO 14
                    MPH BY MID MORNING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

$$
FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...SHELBY MAJORS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130814.EMIGR.01/BYZ