FNUS75 KBYZ 172131
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR EMIGRANT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
331 PM MDT SAT AUG 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1501 MDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SUNDAY MORNING...
BRINGING THE CHANCE OF A MORNING THUNDERSTORM. OTHERWISE...DRY
WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS TO THE FIRE SUNDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. EXPECT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S ON SUNDAY
WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS. IT WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER
ON MONDAY WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AGAIN. WINDS WILL BE
INFLUENCED BY THE TERRAIN.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED MORNING THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 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........4.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 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...........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
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 5 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.

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FORECASTER...ARTHUR
REQUESTED BY...SHELBY MAJORS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130817.EMIGR.01/BYZ