FNUS73 KBIS 221937 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD CREEK...UD FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 237 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1327 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SKIES WILL REMAIN MAINLY CLEAR OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST...WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHEAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. OVERALL...WIND SPEEDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT AND AROUND 10 MPH FOR SUNDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62. RH..................MIN 18 PERCENT. WIND................WINDS EAST AT AROUND 5 MPH...SHIFTING MORE SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT REQUEST...MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........1 1 0 0 0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............58 61 62 61 60 RH..............22 19 18 19 19 20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..9 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29. RH..................MAX 67 PERCENT. WIND................SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........7 6 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY ARS ARS WID WID WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST FST FST FST FST TEMP............56 52 47 43 40 38 37 35 34 33 31 30 RH..............21 26 32 38 42 44 46 51 56 60 64 67 20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73. RH..................MIN 16 PERCENT. WIND................SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........2 3 2 1 3 7 7 7 6 6 7 8 WEATHER COV.....WID PTY WEATHER TYPE....FST FST TEMP............31 35 40 47 53 60 65 69 71 72 72 72 RH..............67 59 49 39 32 26 22 18 16 16 16 18 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...HEINERT REQUESTED BY...ROBIN NIETO TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120922.COTTO.01/BIS