FNUS73 KBIS 251958
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAILROAD CREEK...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
258 PM CDT FRI SEP 25 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1448 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM LAKE WINNIPEG TO
NORTH OF ESTEVAN IN SASKATCHEWAN TO NEAR MILES CITY IN MONTANA.
EXPECT WINDS AT THE WILDFIRE SITE TO BE SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THIS
FRONT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE SITE THIS
EVENING...BUT LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT AS THE SURFACE WINDS
DECOUPLE FROM WINDS ALOFT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN/DISSIPATE LATE TONIGHT. BY SATURDAY MORNING WINDS SHOULD BE
SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH AHEAD OF A STRONGER COLD
FRONT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........78 AT REQUEST...MAX 80.
RH..................32 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 6 MPH GUST TO 13 AT REQUEST...
                    OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.
RH..................MAX 62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 10
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...VINING
REQUESTED BY...MAURE SAND
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090925.RAILR.01/BIS