FNUS73 KBIS 041256
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR AUTO TOUR WEST...USNWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
756 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25
TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND 11 AM THIS MORNING AS THE LOW LEVEL
INVERSION BREAKS AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WORK DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THESE
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH TO AROUND
15 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE BURN SITE.
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT AS IT
MOVES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS
OF 10 TO 15 MPH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST
AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND ONE TENTH OF
AN INCH...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THUNDERSTORMS. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AROUND 43 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...WILL RECOVER TO
AROUND 90 PERCENT TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........56 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
RH..................49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...
                    OTHERWISE SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................29 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................31 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68.
RH..................MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...DARRICK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090504.AUTOT.01/BIS