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FNUS75 KBYZ 031624
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST -- DITCH CREEK -- USFS BHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1024 AM MDT SUN AUG 3 2003


IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT...

A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND HIGH FIRE DANGERS. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE
INCREASE FOR THE REST OF TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
TOWARD THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THIS
AFTERNOON...AND SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WET...BUT ARE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 25
MPH POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES MONDAY WILL BE COOLER...WITH HUMIDITIES
AROUND THIRTY PERCENT.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING (30-40%)...BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS
                    LIKELY AFTER 1500.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 5.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76 TO 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 TO 29%.
20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH LATE THIS
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85%). SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    LIKELY THROUGH 2400...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................5 UNTIL 2400...THEN 3.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 TO 79%.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST 15 TO 20 MPH...GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN ENDING.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68 TO 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 TO 36%.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH...GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH.

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