FNUS73 KBIS 011230 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR KLEIN PLOTS...MT-BCWF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 730 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON MAY 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE BETWEEN THE JAMES AND RED RIVER VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 19 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........52 52 52 51 51 51 51 51 51 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............49 53 58 63 65 66 66 65 64 RH..............68 59 49 39 35 32 30 31 32 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..14 15 18 20 20 21 21 21 20 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37. RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........49 49 34 34 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............62 54 47 40 RH..............35 43 56 64 20 FT WIND......W 18G25 W 11G15 W 11 W 10 CWR.............0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...MERRIMAN REQUESTED BY...W BROWN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120501.KLEIN.01/BIS