FNUS73 KBIS 151555 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH MARSH...BCWF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1055 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MAY 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE EXITING EAST AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING WEST WILL RESULT IN BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS THROUGHOUT TODAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN QUICKLY DIE OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. CURRENT LOW CLOUDS SHOULD PERSIST EARLY ON TODAY BIT WILL GRADUALLY START TO BREAK UP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR TONIGHT. DRY AND RELATIVELY LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS TOMORROW WITH THE SFC HIGH OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY EARLY THEN DECREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........41 AT IGNITION...MAX 50. RH..................78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29. RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65. RH..................MIN 26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HEINERT REQUESTED BY...W BROWN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090515.NORTH.01/BIS