FNUS73 KBIS 291249 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR D-42...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 749 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1430 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.........73 AT IGNITION...MAX 75. RH..................32 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 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 42. RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74. RH..................MIN 28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...WETZEL REQUESTED BY...JOE GUARIGLIA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090529.D42__.01/BIS