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FNUS75 KBYZ 041516
FWSBYZ

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK CREEK...USFS GNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
912 AM MDT WED AUG 4 2004

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE SITE LATE THIS MORNING
   THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
   WINDS AND HAIL...

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE FIRE SITE BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IS PRESENTLY OVER NORTHEAST IDAHO AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST.
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS SHOULD JUST ABOUT BE OVER THE SITE PRESENTLY. SOME STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SITE ON THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS
	            MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. WINDS GUSTING AROUND 60 MPH
		    IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. 
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH AROUND 25 MPH.
LAL.................4.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING.
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SOME STORMS
                    MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY WINDS AROUND 60
                    MPH IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. 
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH AROUND 20 MPH.
LAL.................4.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 20 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH AROUND 20 MPH.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CHB
REQUESTED BY...MARK HEPPLER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.INFO 114/W/54/200408041436/4
.TAG 20040804.ROCKC.01/BYZ