FNUS73 KBIS 240915
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEP CREEK 12...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
415 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0252 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA WILL MOVE EAST TODAY
BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA. THIS WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AND 11 AM MDT. SKIES WILL BE
CLEAR TONIGHT.

OF SPECIAL CONCERN EARLY THIS MORNING...EVEN THROUGH SURFACE WINDS ARE
GENERALLY SOUTHEAST IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE...WINDS ABOVE GROUND
ARE MUCH STRONGER. AS THE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PASS
ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHTNING AND ONE OR
TWO WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 92.
RH..................MIN 15 PERCENT.
WIND................SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.

TIME (MDT)      3 AM   5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........40     42     45     50     31     25     23     13
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE
TEMP............67     63     63     75     84     90     92     90
RH..............50     65     69     44     30     22     18     15
20 FT WIND......S 17   S 14   S 15   SW 18  W 20   W 22   NW 25  NW 24
20 FT WIND GUST.20     15            20     25     25     30     30
CWR.............40     40     20     20     20     20     20     20
LAL.............4      4      2      2      2      2      2      2
HAINES INDEX....6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48.
RH..................MAX 69 PERCENT.
WIND................NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ABELING
REQUESTED BY...OKNUDTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120824.DEEPC.01/BIS