FNUS73 KBIS 312311 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR PLUMELEY DRAW...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 611 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1639 MDT ON JULY 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... THERE REMAINS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WILDFIRE AREA EARLY TO MID EVENING. CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL THEN INCREASE AGAIN AROUND DAY BREAK AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE OVERALL CHANCE FOR WETTING RAIN IS LOW. WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY AT AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH...SHIFTING TO MORE NORTHEAST LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY FORECAST MODELS DO INDICATE THE NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES FOR A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MID AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 62. RH..................MAX 60 PERCENT. WIND................NORTH WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........33 32 36 42 45 42 34 22 23 26 29 31 34 WEATHER COV.....SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW TEMP............98 95 90 84 79 76 74 72 70 69 67 66 65 RH..............19 20 24 29 35 40 44 49 53 55 59 59 60 20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NE 20 FT WIND SPD..18 18 17 14 12 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 89. RH..................MIN 26 PERCENT. WIND................NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. LAL.................2. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........35 36 37 38 39 40 40 39 38 37 36 35 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............64 66 70 74 78 81 83 85 86 87 87 87 RH..............63 61 57 51 45 39 36 32 30 28 27 26 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 $$ FORECASTER...HEINERT REQUESTED BY...MDAHLIN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120731.PLUME.02/BIS