FNUS73 KBIS 101220
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR KRUEGER WPA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
720 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 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.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........75 AT IGNITION...MAX 79.
RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND................WINDS SOUTH AT 19 MPH AT IGNITION...INCREASING
                    TO 20 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........13  14  14  15  15  16  16  22  33  38  49  71
WEATHER COV.....                        ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP............51  55  58  62  67  71  75  77  78  78  79  78
RH..............83  80  74  67  56  47  41  38  36  35  35  35
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
20 FT WIND SPD..14  15  15  17  17  20  21  21  20  17  12  9
20 FT WIND GUST.15          20                              10
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
HAINES INDEX....6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND................WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST
                    16 TO 23 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
CWR.................54 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60.
RH..................MIN 21 PERCENT.
WIND................NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 19 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ABELING
REQUESTED BY...JASON WAGNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120510.KRUEG.01/BIS