FNUS73 KBIS 181511 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR CANNONBALL RX...BIA STANDING ROCK AGENCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1011 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... A WARM FRONT MOVING EAST THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. BOTH OF THESE FRONTAL PASSAGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRY. AFTERNOON PERCENT HUMIDITIES TODAY WILL BE IN THE TEENS...AND IN THE LOW 20S TOMORROW. THE MAIN IMPACT WITH THE TWO FRONTS OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS WILL BE WINDS. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO WEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE 5 TO 15 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE DIRECTION BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND BECOMING MORE WESTERLY EARLY TO MID EVENING. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT. BY 8 TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING...WINDS WILL SWITCH BACK TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND WILL BECOME STRONG. SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE MID MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 77. RH..................32 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 18 PERCENT. WIND................WINDS SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........51 51 44 29 21 17 9 5 8 13 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............47 52 58 63 67 70 72 74 74 74 RH..............63 51 40 32 27 23 21 19 20 20 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S SW SW W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 10 12 14 14 14 14 17 15 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 15 15 20 25 25 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47. RH..................MAX 74 PERCENT. WIND................NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 14 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........15 18 24 27 33 45 51 41 20 10 10 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............69 63 59 57 55 54 53 52 50 50 48 48 RH..............30 38 46 51 55 57 59 61 68 71 74 74 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W NW 20 FT WIND SPD..15 10 9 7 7 9 10 11 11 11 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...HEINERT REQUESTED BY...STEVEN IPSWITCH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120918.CANNO.02/BIS