FNUS73 KBIS 101227
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR BIA ROAD...TURTLE MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
727 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT A WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST AFTER 5 PM CDT.
AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THIS AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................69 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND................WINDS SOUTH AT 14 MPH AT IGNITION....INCREASING
                    TO SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1 INCREASING TO 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........36     36     36     36     62     76
WEATHER COV.....                     ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............50     60     67     72     73     73
RH..............83     69     54     44     37     35
20 FT WIND......S 7    S 15   SW 18  SW 18  W 20   W 24
20 FT WIND GUST.10
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      2      2      2
HAINES INDEX....6      6      6      6      6      6

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND................BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 27 MPH DECREASING
                    TO 11 TO 16 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................4 DECREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 58.
RH..................MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND................WEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 22
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ABELING
REQUESTED BY...DANIEL FALCON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120510.BIARO.01/BIS