000 FNUS63 KBIS 130922 RFDBIS NORTH DAKOTA RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 422 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008 DISCUSSION...RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDICES WILL REMAIN LOW IN THE EASTERN FIRE WEATHER ZONES BUT RISE INTO THE MEDIUM RANGE ACROSS THE WEST. CLOUDY SKIES IN THE MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO A DECREASE IN CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING THEN WANE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN FIRE WEATHER ZONES. MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 35 PERCENT IN THE WEST TO AROUND 50 PERCENT IN THE EAST. RFD GROUP 1...DIVIDE...WILLIAMS... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=15. RFD GROUP 2...BURKE...FT BERTHOLD EAST RIVER...MOUNTRAIL... RENVILLE...WARD... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=29. RFD GROUP 3...BOTTINEAU...MCHENRY...PIERCE...ROLETTE... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=14. RFD GROUP 4...BILLINGS...GOLDEN VALLEY...MCKENZIE... RFD INDEX=MEDIUM. RFD VALUE=35. RFD GROUP 5...DUNN...FT BERTHOLD WEST RIVER...STARK... RFD INDEX=MEDIUM. RFD VALUE=34. RFD GROUP 6...MERCER...MORTON...OLIVER... RFD INDEX=MEDIUM. RFD VALUE=32. RFD GROUP 7...MCLEAN...SHERIDAN... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=22. RFD GROUP 8...FOSTER...KIDDER...STUTSMAN...WELLS... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=11. RFD GROUP 9...BOWMAN...SLOPE... RFD INDEX=MEDIUM. RFD VALUE=38. RFD GROUP 10...ADAMS...HETTINGER... RFD INDEX=MEDIUM. RFD VALUE=37. RFD GROUP 11...GRANT...SIOUX... RFD INDEX=MEDIUM. RFD VALUE=35. RFD GROUP 12...BURLEIGH...EMMONS... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=20. RFD GROUP 13...DICKEY...LAMOURE...LOGAN...MCINTOSH... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=8. RFD GROUP 14...BENSON...CAVALIER...EDDY...NELSON...RAMSEY... TOWNER... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=4. RFD GROUP 15...GRAND FORKS...PEMBINA...WALSH... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=15. RFD GROUP 16...BARNES...CASS...GRIGGS...STEELE...TRAILL... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=8. RFD GROUP 17...RANSOM...RICHLAND...SARGENT... RFD INDEX=LOW. RFD VALUE=9. OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDICES WILL REMAIN LOW OVER MOST OF THE FIRE WEATHER DISTRICT WITH A COUPLE OF SPOTS IN THE EASTERN ZONES ELEVATED INTO THE MEDIUM CATEGORY. EXPECT A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS WEST WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS CENTRAL AND EAST. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST AND NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 35 PERCENT IN THE EAST TO AROUND 50 PERCENT IN THE WEST. CONTACT LOCAL FIRE OFFICIALS...THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL OR THE NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR INFORMATION ON RESTRICTIONS OR PROHIBITIONS. VISIT THE DES WEBSITE WWW.ND.GOV/DES/INFO/FIREDANGER.HTML RFD NUMBERS: 0-30 IS LOW...31-50 IS MEDIUM...51-70 IS HIGH 71-94 IS VERY HIGH AND 95-100 IS EXTREME. $$ KS