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SPOT FORECAST -- SPRING CREEK -- BLM MCD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
556 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2003


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



...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FIRE SITE THIS
EVENING...BRINGING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INTO MUSSELLSHELL COUNTY. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE SITE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN HOT THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH HIGHS
IN THE 90S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAINING ABOVE 60.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    WITH DAMAGING WINDS UNTIL 2400...THEN ENDING.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62.
MAX HUMIDITY........83%.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH IN
                    AND NEAR STORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....EAST 20 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AFTER 1200.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94.
MIN HUMIDITY........19%.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63.
MAX HUMIDITY........62%.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 21%.
20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.

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