FNUS73 KBIS 061237 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR GEISZLER 1...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 737 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 AROUND 15 MPH IS EXPECTED AT IGNITION TIME. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES AROUND 4 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.........59 AT IGNITION...MAX 67. RH..................37 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40. RH..................MAX 92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66. 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.GEISZ.01/BIS