924 
FNUS75 KBYZ 030026
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR THOMPSON CREEK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
626 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2016

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1804 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 02. 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE FIRE
SITE THROUGH THE EVENING. ANY STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING COULD
PRODUCE GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS MAY BE VARIABLE AT TIMES...BUT IN
GENERAL SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
BEFORE INCREASING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT ARRIVES BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 0100 AM MDT. NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT. TOMORROW WILL BE
COOLER WITH RH VALUES OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT AND NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS.
INCREASING CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. STP


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND 
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. 
CWR.................10 PERCENT. 
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61. 
MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT. 
WIND (20 FT)........ 
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING 
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND THEN NORTH 
                    10 TO 20 MPH BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 0100 AM 
                    WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC 
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE 
                    EVENING. 
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH...TURNING NORTH BETWEEN
                    MIDNIGHT AND 0100 AM. 

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. 
CWR.................0 PERCENT. 
LAL.................1...NO THUNDERSTORMS. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81. 
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT. 
WIND (20 FT)........ 
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. 
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH-NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. 
HAINES INDEX........3. 

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FORECASTER...PALMQUIST
REQUESTED BY...MILES CITY DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20160902.THOMP.01/BYZ