FNUS73 KBIS 011659
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR MCLEAN COUNTY FIRE...MCLEAN COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1159 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1135 CDT ON APRIL 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT NOW APPROACHING THE WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA BORDER FROM MONTANA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
WILDFIRE AREA AROUND 6PM CDT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...EXPECT GUSTY
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD
FRONT GETS CLOSER...THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND VEER AROUND TO THE
SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A BRIEF LULL IN
THE WINDS FOR AN HOUR OR TWO THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT
ARRIVES...BUT THEN AS THE FRONT DEPARTS...EXPECT A QUICK SHIFT TO
THE WEST AND NORTHWEST BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. WIND WILL REMAIN
GUSTY OVERNIGHT BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........66F AT REQUEST...MAX 77F.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH
                    3PM CDT...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH UNTIL
                    6PM CDT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST BETWEEN 6PM
                    AND 7PM CDT AND RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. EXPECT
                    NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM 10PM AND CONTINUING
                    THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT REQUEST...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47F.
RH..................MAX 61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55F.
RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...SIMOSKO
REQUESTED BY...JEN LINCOLN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120401.MCLEA.01/BIS