000 FNUS73 KBIS 231650 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR HAGLUND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1150 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND SHIFT LATE EARLY THIS EVENING... DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT IN FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE EAST TODAY AND MOVE THROUGH THE MEDINA AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT 5/23/05 SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80 RH..................MIN 38% 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 10 HAINES INDEX........5 MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 4400 FEET TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 5 MPH EARLY AFTERNOON LAL.................2 CWR.................5 PERCENT FOR TONIGHT SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50 RH..................MAX 85% 20 FOOT WIND........N/A HAINES INDEX........5 MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 5 MPH LAL.................3 CWR.................10 PERCENT OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73 RH..................MIN 48% 20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 10 MPH HAINES INDEX........5 MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 5000 FEET TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH LAL.................3 CWR.................10 PERCENT FORECASTER...R.G.TURNER $$ REQUESTED BY...KIRK JESS REASON FOR REQUEST...UNDER THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES (USFS, BLM, NPS, USFWS, BIA).