FNUS73 KBIS 302132 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR PLUMELY DRAW...UD FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 432 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1459 MDT ON JULY 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING SLOWLY TURNING TO THE SOUTH BY SUNRISE. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 60S WITH MAXIMUM OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS NEAR 75 PERCENT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE TONIGHT...AFTER 3 AM MDT. HOWEVER...OVERALL COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL BE LOW. A WARM TUESDAY IS FORECAST WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100. WITH THE BREAK OF THE MORNING INVERSION...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY 8-9 AM MDT. THE WIND DIRECTION MAY VARY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS IN THE STEEPER DRAWS OF THE FIRE LOCATION. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF A LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORM. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AT 5-10 MPH AROUND SUNSET WITH A PASSAGE OF A FRONT...BECOMING CALM BY MIDNIGHT MDT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 64. RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT. WIND................SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1 INCREASING TO 3 AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........3 9 30 38 49 53 54 50 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............91 90 83 75 71 69 66 64 RH..............24 24 30 45 52 58 67 73 20 FT WIND......SE 9 SE 7 E 9 E 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 9 S 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 HAINES INDEX....4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 98. RH..................MIN 21 PERCENT. WIND................SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................2. CWR.................22 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........49 48 44 33 32 30 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............64 74 85 93 97 98 RH..............75 55 40 31 24 21 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 14 S 15 S 14 S 12 SW 11 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 15 15 15 CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 LAL.............2 2 2 2 2 2 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...AYD REQUESTED BY...ROBIN NIETO TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120730.PLUME.03/BIS