FNUS73 KBIS 311156
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR KNECHT...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
656 AM CDT MON OCT 31 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON OCTOBER 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST IN
THE MID TO LATE MORNING...THEN WEST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT
NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. IT WILL BE SUNNY THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING
AFTERNOON CLOUDINESS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY TODAY WITH A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 59.
RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING WEST LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........31  37  37  37  37  37  37  44  44  44  44  44  44
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............28  26  28  31  33  39  44  49  52  55  57  56  54
RH..............94  95  81  75  75  64  60  54  50  45  43  45  50
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..6   11  11  11  17  17  17  22  22  22  17  17  17
20 FT WIND GUST.10  20  20  20  20  20  20              20  20  20
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 47.
RH..................MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...JASON WAGNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111031.KNECH.01/BIS