FNUS73 KBIS 221330 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH AUDUBON WMA...NDGFD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 830 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0908 CDT ON MAY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IN EASTERN MONTANA THIS MORNING WILL ADVANCE EAST INTO THE BURN AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT WINDS TO VEER OR MOVE CLOCKWISE AS THE THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS AT IGNITION WILL VEER TO THE EAST...SOUTHEAST...AND THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE THE TABLE BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. ALSO...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO ERUPT AFTER 3PM CDT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MID 80S THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 AND 25 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........69F AT IGNITION...MAX 86F. RH..................70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND................WINDS NORTHEAST 5 T0 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 11 TO 19 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 17 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BETWEEN 6PM AND 9PM CDT TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........62 60 60 60 62 62 62 75 75 75 WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW TEMP............65 69 73 77 81 82 84 86 85 84 RH..............70 63 57 50 46 42 40 36 39 40 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E E SE SE SE S W 20 FT WIND SPD..12 17 18 21 24 22 22 21 20 17 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 25 30 25 25 25 25 20 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...SIMOSKO REQUESTED BY...ARVID ANDERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120522.NORTH.01/BIS