FNUS73 KBIS 231352
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLOOM...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
852 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT OVER EASTERN MONTANA WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST
TODAY PASSING THROUGH THE BLAISDELL VICINITY BY AROUND 9PM CDT FRIDAY.
WINDS WILL VEER FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON BUT COULD
GUST UP TO 35 MPH IN AND AROUND ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION WILL END AFTER THE COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES BUT BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS TAKING
CONTROL SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........57F AT IGNITION...MAX 71F.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH. WINDS COULD
                    BE GUSTY IN AND AROUND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
                    GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39F.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO
                    NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
LAL.................2 IN THE EVENING...THEN 1.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH BECOMING 15 TO 20
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...SIMOSKO
REQUESTED BY...COLLEEN GRAUE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100423.BLOOM.01/BIS