FNUS73 KBIS 211337 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR LONETREE WMA 3...NDGFD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 837 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...AND SOUTH BY THIS EVENING 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.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 65. RH..................35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66. RH..................MIN 38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. LAL.................2. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...RANDY LITTLEFIELD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090521.LONET.02/BIS