FNUS73 KBIS 031408 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR CP 3...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 908 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0905 CDT ON MAY 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH TODAY WITH LIGHT NORTH WINDS VEERING MORE TO THE EAST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 64. RH..................82 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43. RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 11 TO 16 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1 INCREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................80 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64. RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. LAL.................2 INCREASING TO 3 IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................56 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...WETZEL REQUESTED BY...CALVIN MOLDENHAUER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120503.CP3__.01/BIS