FNUS73 KBIS 101222
FWSBIS

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 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.........78 AT IGNITION...MAX 79.
RH..................35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND................WINDS SOUTH AT 19 MPH AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO
                    20 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    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 (%).........16     17     18     19     38     54
WEATHER COV.....                     ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............52     60     68     76     78     79
RH..............83     72     54     40     35     32
20 FT WIND......S 12   S 15   S 18   S 21   S 21   S 17
20 FT WIND GUST.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.........PARTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41.
RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT.
WIND................WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 16 TO 24 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................3 DECREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................56 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60.
RH..................MIN 24 PERCENT.
WIND................NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 19 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ABELING
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120510.VASHT.01/BIS