FNUS73 KBIS 101232
FWSBIS

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................52 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND................WINDS SOUTH AT 18 MPH AT IGNITION SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 19 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    INCREASING TO AROUND 30 MPH 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 (%).........18     27     36     43     63     73
WEATHER COV.....                     ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............55     61     68     74     75     75
RH..............86     74     52     39     34     33
20 FT WIND......S 14   S 14   S 20   SW 20  W 24   NW 28
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15
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.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND................BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 28 MPH DECREASING
                    TO 10 TO 18 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................4 DECREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................57 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60.
RH..................MIN 21 PERCENT.
WIND................NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO
                    20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ABELING
REQUESTED BY...CHAD WIMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120510.PANKO.01/BIS