FNUS73 KBIS 181926
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR THRO SEARCH AND RESCUE...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
226 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1413 CDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GENERAL LOW PRESSURE IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES WILL
KEEP WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTH UNIT OF THE PARK.
CURRENTLY TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER 90S AND THE HEAT INDEX
WAS IN THE LOWER 90S.

EXPECTING A WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.

HOT AND HUMID ON THURSDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. EXPECTING HIGHS AROUND 100
WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING 105 DEGREES. WINDS SOUTH TO
SOUTH AT AROUND 10 TO 13 MPH.

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE POSSIBLE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........93 AT INCIDENT...MAX 94.
RH..................37 PERCENT AT INCIDENT...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND................WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT
                    INCIDENT...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10
                    MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........26     21     15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............91     94     93
RH..............37     30     28
20 FT WIND......SW 10  SW 11  SW 10
20 FT WIND GUST.       15
CWR.............0      0      0

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 69.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND................SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........14     16     18     20     20     21
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............91     83     77     75     72     70
RH..............29     43     56     60     66     73
20 FT WIND......SW 9   S 4    S 4    S 7    S 9    S 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10     5      5      10     10     10
CWR.............20     20     20     20     20     20

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 101.
RH..................MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND................SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...VINING
REQUESTED BY...ROD SKALSKY
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20120718.THROS.01/BIS