FNUS73 KBIS 291333 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR NELSON...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 833 AM CDT THU APR 29 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LARGE COLD UPPER AIR LOW WILL SPIN OVER NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN DAY TIME HEATING. THE CHANCES OF A SHOWER BEFORE 1700 ARE SMALL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 61. MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING SOUTH ANDDECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. LAL.................2. CWR.................16 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....36. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................2. CWR.................24 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. LAL.................2. CWR.................60 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...WETZEL REQUESTED BY...CALVIN MOLDENHAUER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100429.NELSO.01/BIS