FNUS73 KBIS 211324 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH COMMUNITY...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 824 AM CDT FRI OCT 21 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MDT ON OCTOBER 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...FROM THIS MORNINGS BISMARCK SOUNDING A LOW LEVEL INVERSION EXTENDED TO 1500 FEET AND WILL BREAK WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHES 62 DEGREES. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING PRODUCING A WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS BETWEEN 55F AND 65F. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 35 TO 45 PERCENT. A SERIES OF FAST MOVING SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE WEATHER DISTRICT OVER THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WARRANTS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 55F AND 65F THROUGH SUNDAY. A MORE VIGOROUS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SLIDE THROUGH MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM THROUGH TUESDAY. COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR A POSSIBLE RAIN AND SNOW MIX. THE COLDER CONDITIONS...HIGHS IN THE 40S...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. TIME (MDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........48 48 60 60 60 60 60 60 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............52 55 59 61 62 63 62 60 RH..............56 51 44 41 39 38 39 42 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 14 17 17 11 11 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 15 15 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35. RH..................MAX 92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........37 37 37 37 37 37 38 38 38 38 38 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............54 49 47 45 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 RH..............52 63 68 71 76 79 79 82 85 85 89 92 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62. RH..................MIN 39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO WEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...MERRIMAN REQUESTED BY...OSCAR KNUDTSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111021.NORTH.01/BIS