FNUS73 KBIS 201145
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE COUNTY LIGHTNING BUST...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
645 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0522 MDT ON JULY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
TODAY IS LOW. HOWEVER...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST THROUGH
THE REGION...WITH A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND INCREASING THROUGH MID
MORNING AND REMAINING STRONG INTO THE AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR WILL
MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT WITH MIN RH THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 30 PERCENT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........71 AT REQUEST...MAX 77.
RH..................69 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 30 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    VERY WINDY. WEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH INCREASING
                    TO AROUND 40 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    DECREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84.
RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND
                    15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...KINNEY
REQUESTED BY...OSCAR KNUDTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110720.SLOPE.01/BIS