FNUS73 KBIS 131832
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR RYDER FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
132 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1158 MDT ON MAY 13.
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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH TONIGHT AND MOVE THROUGH THE
BURN AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. DESPITE A LULL IN THE
WIND SPEEDS FROM AROUND SUNSET UNTIL MIDNIGHT...WINDS WILL INCREASE
ONCE THE COLD FRONT PASSES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEREAFTER...WINDS WILL
GROW STRONGER THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58.
RH..................MAX 69 PERCENT.
WIND................BREEZY. WEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH 5 TO 13 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE WEST 17 TO 25 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT INCREASING TO AROUND 28 MPH.

TIME (MDT)      1 PM      4 PM      7 PM      10 PM     1 AM      4 AM
SKY (%).........35        26        22        41        46        27
WEATHER COV.....                    S CHC     S CHC     S CHC     S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
TEMP............84        88        82        70        66        60
RH..............19        15        21        44        50        67
20 FT WIND......W 28G30   W 24G25   SW 15     S 10      SW 17G20  W 28G30

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FORECASTER...SIMOSKO
REQUESTED BY...ANDY RANDALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130513.RYDER.01/BIS