FNUS73 KBIS 291247 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR BOYER WPA...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 747 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON MAY 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST NORTHWESTERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. THE WINDS COULD BECOME STRONGER AND MORE ERRATIC IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 72. RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................2. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43. RH..................MAX 63 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68. RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...WETZEL REQUESTED BY...JOE GUARIGLIA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090529.BOYER.01/BIS