FNUS73 KBIS 011442
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE COUNTY LIGHTNING BUST...USDA-FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
919 AM CDT THU SEP 1 2011

CORRECTED THE WORD FRYING TO DRYING

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0837 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE STATE LAST NIGHT AND
EARLY THIS MORNING...AND AS YOU KNOW...WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD
A LOT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. BEHIND THE FRONT NORTHWEST
WINDS WERE GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING.

HUMIDITY WILL STAY RELATIVELY HIGH TODAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND A LOT OF LOW CLOUDS...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. A FEW BREAKS
IN THE CLOUD DECK THIS AFTERNOON WILL BEGIN THE DRYING PROCESS WITH
HUMIDITIES FALLING MORE QUICKLY...WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY AROUND 45
PERCENT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURE.........59 AT REQUEST...MAX 70.
RH..................83 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST GUSTING TO 25 MPH AT REQUEST.
                    WINDS NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH
                    AS 35 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS
                    DECREASING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...STILL
                    NORTHWEST.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH BECOMING WEST 5
                    TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY
                    MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...JP MARTIN
REQUESTED BY...OSCAR KNUDTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110901.SLOPE.01/BIS