FNUS73 KBIS 122234
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR USFS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
534 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1708 CDT ON APRIL 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO
SHIFT SOUTH...THEN SOUTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY WEST WITHIN THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
WINDS ARE CURRENTLY SOUTHEAST AT BEACH...BUT SOUTH AT BAKER MONTANA AND
SOUTHWEST AT GLENDIVE MONTANA. THERE IS LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE PEAK GUSTS
THESE LOCATIONS...SO DO NOT EXPECT A BIG DROP-OFF IN WINDS SPEEDS THIS EVENING
AS THE WINDS SHIFT. THERE ARE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AREA...A BROKEN
LINE OF LIGHT SHOWERS FROM BEACH SOUTHWEST TO HETTINGER. THESE SHOWERS WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...BUT LITTLE IF ANY SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. BETTER CHANCES OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
BY MID EVENING. ONCE THE WINDS DO SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS EVENING...THERE WILL
BE A GENERAL DECREASE IN WINDS TO 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
RH..................MAX 88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS 18 TO 27 MPH BECOMING WEST
                    MPH AROUND 8 PM MDT...THEN REMAINING WEST AND DIMINISHING
                    TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...MARDELL DAHLIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120412.USFS_.01/BIS