FNUS73 KBIS 101437
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR 9-1...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
937 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BURN SITE AROUND 4 PM.
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TURN NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...THEN A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........73 AT IGNITION...MAX 79.
RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND................WINDS SOUTH AT 16 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    14 TO 22 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........16     36     77     65     71
WEATHER COV.....              ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............58     69     76     78     79
RH..............65     47     35     29     28
20 FT WIND......S 15   S 17   S 18   W 20   W 24
20 FT WIND GUST.       20     20            25

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND................BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 28 MPH DECREASING
                    TO 11 TO 18 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59.
RH..................MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND................NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO
                    19 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS GORDON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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