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FNUS73 KBIS 121728
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR MORTON COUNTY EXERCISE...MORTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1128 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...

EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASED THIS MORNING...AND WILL REMAIN
SUSTAINED AT 18 TO 27 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECT DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT DURING THE DAY...WITH A
HIGH TEMPERATURE AROUND 70 DEGREES. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY CALM BY
THE EVENING HOURS...REMAINING 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 SUNDAY.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY. 
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69. 
RH..................MIN 22 PERCENT. 
WIND................BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS 19 TO 28 MPH...PEAK 
                    GUSTS TO 35 MPH. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. 

TIME (CST)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 
SKY (%).........30  40  55  65  70  71  73  
WEATHER COV.....                            
WEATHER TYPE....                            
TEMP............54  55  62  66  69  69  67  
RH..............40  43  32  28  22  21  26  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..26  26  30  31  31  28  25  
20 FT WIND GUST.30  30  35  35  35  35  30  

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. 
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. 
RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT. 
WIND................SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE 
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN 
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 9 MPH EARLY IN THE 
                    MORNING. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. 

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 
SKY (%).........44  45  45  45  47  50  52  59  66  73  71  70  
WEATHER COV.....                                                
WEATHER TYPE....                                                
TEMP............63  58  53  49  47  46  45  43  42  41  41  42  
RH..............30  35  44  53  66  69  74  78  82  85  85  81  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SW  SW  W   
20 FT WIND SPD..22  20  18  15  12  12  11  10  9   9   9   10  
20 FT WIND GUST.30  25  25  20  15  15  15      10  10  10      

.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. 

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