FNUS73 KBIS 181343
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR DANIELSON WPA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
843 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0850 CDT ON MAY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES EARLY THIS MORNING WILL
GIVE WAY TO PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH. A COLD FRONT SITUATED ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER
WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE BURN SITE THIS MORNING. LIGHT WINDS
WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH. THE WINDS SHOULD SHIFT NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 AND 11 AM THIS
MORNING AND INCREASE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON BUT WITH DRY AIR BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...NO SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE
EAST TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 63.
RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15
                    MPH INCREASING TO NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30.
RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING
                    EAST AROUND 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63.
RH..................MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. EAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...CHAD WIMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090518.DANIE.01/BIS