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FNUS73 KBIS 121439
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR MORTON COUNTY EXERCISE...MORTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
839 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2016

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 830 CST ON MARCH 12. 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL START OFF LIGHT THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO
18 TO 23 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME HIGHER GUSTS
OF UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE 
WINDOW OF 2PM TO 5PM CST. EXPECT DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WITH MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO 24 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH
A HIGH TEMPERATURE AROUND 69 DEGREES. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY CALM BY THE 
EVENING HOURS...STILL FROM THE SOUTHEAST.

OVERNIGHT...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH...AND EVENTUALLY
TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE APPROACH OF
A SURFACE TROUGH FROM THE WEST. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER ON SUNDAY...REACHING
10 TO 15 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY WITH 
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 25 PERCENT AND A HIGH TEMPERATURE
AROUND 65 DEGREES.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. 
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69. 
RH..................MIN 24 PERCENT. 
WIND................LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 18 TO 23 MPH.
                    GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. 

TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 
SKY (%).........52  52  57  65  71  71  70  71  73                                                                                 
TEMP............38  40  48  55  62  66  69  69  67  
RH..............70  76  54  42  32  27  24  24  26  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..20  24  25  25  25  25  25  24  21  
20 FT WIND GUST.25  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  25  

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. 
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. 
RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT. 
WIND................SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE 
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN 
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 9 MPH EARLY IN THE 
                    MORNING. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. 

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. 
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65. 
RH..................MIN 24 PERCENT. 
WIND................NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. 

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FORECASTER...HARGROVE
REQUESTED BY...TOM DOERING
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20160312.MORTO.01/BIS