FNUS73 KBIS 271931 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR ZIMMERMAN...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 231 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON MAY 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE BURN AREA TONIGHT AND PASS THROUGH BETWEEN 3AM CDT AND 6AM CDT THURSDAY. LIGHT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE WITH WINDS VEERING FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST...ALL AROUND 10 MPH. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES DOMINATE THE BURN AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT MAY GENERATE A SHOWER NORTH OF THE BURN AREA LATE TONIGHT AS IT MOVES THROUGH...BUT IT WOULD BE ISOLATED AT BEST. THE SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........70F AT IGNITION...MAX 73F. RH..................40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50. RH..................MAX 88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...SIMOSKO REQUESTED BY...KIRK JESS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090527.ZIMME.01/BIS