FNUS73 KBIS 211330
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR GEISZLER WPA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
830 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
RH..................36 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST 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 71.
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.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...JASON WAGNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090521.GEISZ.01/BIS