FNUS73 KBIS 181325
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRASSLAND TRAIL...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
825 AM CDT MON MAY 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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.........56 AT IGNITION...MAX 57.
RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    BREEZY. NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO
                    NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30.
RH..................MAX 72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING EAST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60.
RH..................MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. EAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...JOE GUARIGLIA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090518.GRASS.01/BIS