FNUS73 KBIS 061158 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR MAYER...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 658 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.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 69. RH..................36 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 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 40. RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66. RH..................MIN 36 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.MAYER.01/BIS