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FNUS75 KBYZ 051234
FWSBYZ
SPOT FORECAST FOR REHBERG FIRE...BILLINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
634 AM MDT SAT JUL 5 2008
FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0615 MDT ON JULY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
THE EXTREME HEAT AND LOW HUMIDITIES OF FRIDAY WILL IMPROVE
SOMEWHAT TODAY AND SUNDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT PROGRESSED
THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. EXPECT MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TODAY TO
BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOUT 15
PERCENT WETTER. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.
WINDS COULD BECOME A BIT GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS WITH AN OCCASIONAL GUST OF 25 TO 30 MPH. THERE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A RISK FOR STORMS. AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM
COULD FORM NEAR THE FIRE THROUGH ABOUT 9 AM THIS MORNING AND THEN
REDEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN LATE
SUNDAY. A SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH LARGE
HAIL AND SEVERE WINDS. FRIEDERS
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
OF 25 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH UNTIL 8 PM...THEN
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING.
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
FORECASTER...FRIEDERS
REQUESTED BY...TREVER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20080705.REHBE.01/BYZ
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