FNUS73 KBIS 011316 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR G5...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 816 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WILL BRING A WIND SHIFT TO THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION SCATTERED SHOWERS OR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 71. RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EAST WINDS THIS MORNING...BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE THIS MORNING AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1 INCREASING TO 2 IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45. RH..................MAX 65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69. RH..................MIN 25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...WETZEL REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120501.G5___.01/BIS