FNUS73 KBIS 211234 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR ODEGAARD...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 734 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0745 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. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING 5 TO 15 MPH WILL BECOME 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 20 TO 30 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 64. RH..................70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44. RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68. RH..................MIN 41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING WEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................2. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...ABELING REQUESTED BY...KIRK JESS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090521.ODEGA.01/BIS