FNUS73 KBIS 241206 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR B1...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 706 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. EXPECT LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL PICK UP TO AROUND 10 MPH FROM THE WEST BY 9 AM AND INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST BY NOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED SPRINKLE IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BUT NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. RH..................53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT. WIND................WINDS NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........20 38 56 60 60 62 62 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 52 59 62 64 66 65 RH..............86 69 55 49 45 42 43 20 FT WIND......W 7 NW 11 NW 15 NW 15 NW 17 NW 18 NW 20 20 FT WIND GUST.10 20 20 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT. WIND................NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 58. RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND................NORTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120524.B1___.01/BIS