FNUS73 KBIS 241024
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SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEP CREEK 12...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
524 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.

HAVE NOTICED SHOWERS PRODUCING VARIABLE WINDS IN THE VICINITY. FEEL WINDS
AT THE SAND CREEK RAWS TO RETURN TO NORTHEAST THEN EAST AGAIN BEFORE TURNING
NORTHWEST WITH THE FRONT LATE MORNING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 92.
RH..................MIN 15 PERCENT.
WIND................VARIABLE WINDS 12 TO 24 MPH BECOMING EAST
                    AROUND 18 MPH AROUND SUNRISE...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................4 DECREASING TO 2.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.

TIME (MDT)      4 AM   6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........41     43     48     44     25     24     20
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............73     66     69     80     87     91     92
RH..............32     44     40     36     26     20     16
20 FT WIND......N 15   NE 14  E 17   SW 20  W 21   NW 24  NW 25
20 FT WIND GUST.20     15     20            25     30     30
CWR.............40     20     20     20     20     20     20
LAL.............4      2      2      2      2      2      2
HAINES INDEX....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