FNUS73 KBIS 061200 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR CORNELL...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 700 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON MAY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. A SOUTH WIND AROUND 15 MPH IS EXPECTED AT IGNITION TIME. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 69. RH..................32 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66. RH..................MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...JASON WAGNER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110506.CORNE.01/BIS