FNUS73 KBIS 021250 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR BONANZA...TAT FIRE MANAGEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 750 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0745 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS WILL BRING A COOL BUT DRY AIRMASS TO THE AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH FROM WEST AND NORTHWEST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........64 AT REQUEST...MAX 80. RH..................64 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 16 PERCENT. WIND................WINDS NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 11 TO 19 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH AT REQUEST...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................2 DECREASING TO 1 IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49. RH..................MAX 47 PERCENT. WIND................SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO UP TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .LABOR DAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81. RH..................MIN 20 PERCENT. WIND................WEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 11 TO 18 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...WETZEL REQUESTED BY...MARLE BAKER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120902.BONAN.01/BIS