FNUS73 KBIS 111516 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR FENSTER...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1016 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 CDT ON MAY 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE FROM IOWA TO WESTERN ONTARIO WILL DRIFT EAST TODAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. THE WINDS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 10 MPH FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN AREA THIS EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. RH..................32 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................2. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CWR.................39 PERCENT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64. RH..................MIN 38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................3. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...ABELING REQUESTED BY...GRAUE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090511.FENST.01/BIS