FNUS73 KBIS 221942
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR ND  2 ISLAND...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
242 PM CDT WED APR 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF WILLISTON SOUTHEAST TO
DICKINSON AS OF 230 PM CDT/130 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE BURN AREA IS IN
ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT AND THUS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTHEAST WINDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH FOR A 245 PM CDT/145 MDT BURN TIME. THIS FRONT WILL
CONTINUE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING A WIND SHIFT
TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 4PM CDT/3PM MDT. EXPECT A SHIFT TO THE WEST
BY 6PM CDT/5PM MDT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE BURN AREA AFTER
MIDNIGHT...MOVING THROUGH AROUND 6AM CDT/5AM MDT THURSDAY. EXPECT
A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND THEN NORTH...RANGING BETWEEN
15 AND 25 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY THE AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70.
RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49.
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...SIMOSKO
REQUESTED BY...GRAUE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090422.ND2IS.01/BIS