FNUS73 KBIS 011313 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR PLUMELY DRAW...UD FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 813 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0649 MDT ON AUGUST 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A BAND OF OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN MONTANA INTO WESTERN MONTANA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BURN SITE THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTHEAST TO EAST TODAY AT 5 TO 15 MPH. HOWEVER...THERE WERE SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN EASTERN MONTANA EARLY THIS MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY...SO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE SHOWER ACTIVITY. CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ENDING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........67 AT REQUEST...MAX 85. RH..................72 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 29 PERCENT. WIND................WINDS EAST AT 8 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 14 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH AT REQUEST...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................3 DECREASING TO 2 IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........58 57 59 58 53 55 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............67 73 79 83 85 84 RH..............67 53 42 34 30 30 20 FT WIND......E 9 NE 15 NE 14 E 11 E 9 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 10 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............3 3 3 2 2 2 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...ROBIN NIETO TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120801.PLUME.01/BIS