FNUS73 KBIS 181305 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST LOWER LOSTWOOD...US FISH AND WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 805 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 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 SHORTLY. LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 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.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 59. RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31. RH..................MAX 69 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63. RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. EAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...DOUG DOWNS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090518.EASTL.01/BIS