FNUS73 KBIS 040025
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR L  PORTER PLOTS...MT-BCWF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
725 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA WILL MOVE EAST AND
WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE AFTER
MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FRIDAY.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67.
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65.
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
SKY (%).........64        81        85        92
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE    CHANCE    CHANCE    CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
TEMP............44        53        61        65
RH..............86        71        56        45
20 FT WIND......NE 3      SE 4G5    E 3       NW 11
CWR.............50        50        50        50
LAL.............2         2         2         2
HAINES INDEX....6         6         6         6

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FORECASTER...ABELING
REQUESTED BY...W  BROWN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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