FNUS73 KBIS 131339 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR SHELL VALLEY PILE...TURTLE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 839 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0920 CDT ON JUNE 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH. WINDS SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH AT IGNITION...AND REMAIN 15 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 77. RH..................83 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55 PERCENT. WIND................WINDS SOUTH AT 18 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 19 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1 INCREASING TO 3 IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................36 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 57. RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT. WIND................SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................3 DECREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................49 PERCENT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71. RH..................MIN 50 PERCENT. WIND................SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 15 TO 23 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................3. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...DANIEL FALCON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120613.SHELL.01/BIS