FNUS73 KBIS 081245
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR L  PORTER PLOTS...MT-BCWF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
745 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AT 730 AM CDT...THE RAY WEATHER STATION REPORTED NORTHWEST
WINDS AT 9 MPH GUSTING TO 14 MPH. TEMPERATURE WAS 37 WITH RH OF 87 PERCENT.
HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA WILL MOVE TO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
RH..................73 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........7      11     14     18     17     16
WEATHER COV.....AREAS
WEATHER TYPE....FROST  NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............37     41     49     55     59     60
RH..............87     82     58     41     34     31
20 FT WIND......NW 7   N 10   N 12   NE 11  NE 11  E 10
20 FT WIND GUST.              15     15     15
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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