FNUS73 KBIS 061204
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR G18...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
704 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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 10 TO 15 MPH IS EXPECTED AT IGNITION TIME. WINDS WILL
THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES AROUND 7 PM THIS
EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE FROM LATE AFTERNOON
TO EARLY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 68.
RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT INCREASING TO AROUND
                    10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110506.G18__.03/BIS