FNUS73 KBIS 201223 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR ACKERSON...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 723 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST. WINDS SHOULD BECOME NORTHWEST AT AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. UPPER LEVEL ENERGY IMPULSES MOVING NORTHEASTWARD FROM SOUTH DAKOTA AND WYOMING WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT. WIND(20 FT).........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE BREEZY. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. LAL.................2. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65. RH..................MIN 28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...ABELING REQUESTED BY...KIRK JESS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090520.ACKER.01/BIS