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FNUS75 KBYZ 041945
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRADSHAW...BLM MCD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
145 PM MDT WED AUG 4 2004

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS A POSSIBILITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AN INCREASE OF CLOUDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LEADING EDGE OF A
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...PRESENTLY SOUTHWEST OF BILLINGS IN WYOMING...
ADVANCES EAST. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CLOUD COVER SHOULD MOVE OVER THE
BURN SITE SHORTLY AFTER 4:00 PM MDT. THE ACTUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ANTICIPATED TO ARRIVE THERE ABOUT AN HOUR LATER...PENDING NO DEVELOPMENT
AHEAD OF THE PRESENT AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE
SCATTERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ON THURSDAY...LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON...THERE WILL AGAIN BE A POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AS UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEMS MOVE OVER A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE.


.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
LATE 		    IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
		    AND DAMAGING WINDS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS AROUND 60
		    MPH IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS
		    MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND WIND
                    GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 11-14 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.
LAL.................4.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. WIDELY
		    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATE IN THE
		    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-97.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......13200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CHB
REQUESTED BY...TRACIE FOX
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.INFO 116/W/21/200408041913/1
.TAG 20040804.BRADS.01/BYZ