FNUS73 KBIS 211325 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR DALKE WPA...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 825 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER MONTANA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS THIS MORNING 5 TO 10 MPH WILL SHIFT WEST TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AS THE HIGH TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. RH..................40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING...SHIFTING WEST TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45. RH..................MAX 71 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70. RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...JASON WAGNER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090521.DALKE.01/BIS