708 FNUS75 KBYZ 041537 FWSBYZ SPOT FORECAST FOR JACK...MILES CITY DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 937 AM MDT MON AUG 4 2014 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0918 MDT ON AUGUST 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING AS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING APPROACHES. THE BETTER CHANCE OF RAINFALL WILL BE THIS EVENING AND TUESDAY AS OPPOSED TO TODAY. THE SHOWERS WILL HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP HUMIDITY LEVELS UP. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY NORTHEAST...BUT WILL SWITCH TO THE WEST THIS EVENING AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE WINDS WILL TURN BACK TO THE EAST ON TUESDAY WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TWH .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................3...9 TO 15 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88. MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY OVERNIGHT. CWR.................41 PERCENT. LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST BY LATE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS BECOMING WEST BY LATE EVENING. HAINES INDEX........2. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. CWR.................41 PERCENT. LAL.................4...16 TO 25 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81. MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING EAST 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........EAST 5 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2. $$ FORECASTER...HUMPHREY REQUESTED BY...IC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20140804.JACK_.01/BYZ