FNUS73 KBIS 171611
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR CONGREGATION RX...THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1111 AM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT.
EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...OVER
MAINLY THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE
FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN SHIFT TO
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL TODAY...WITH HIGHS FROM THE MID 50S TO
MID 60S. EXPECT A GUSTY SOUTHEAST BREEZE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE STATE...BUT THE FIRE DANGER TODAY IS LOW AS MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY NEAR OR ABOVE 50 PERCENT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
RH..................83 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........94     94     94
WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............53     57     60
RH..............83     69     64
20 FT WIND......S 6    S 6    SW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10
CWR.............60     60     60

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68.
RH..................MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING 15 TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........36     36     36     33     33     33
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............42     47     57     64     67     68
RH..............89     74     51     40     34     32
20 FT WIND......W 17   W 17   W 22   W 22   W 22   W 22
20 FT WIND GUST.30     30     30     30     30     30
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0

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FORECASTER...MERRIMAN
REQUESTED BY...NOEL S BAKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110917.CONGR.01/BIS