FNUS73 KBIS 211250 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR SILVER BRIDGE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 750 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 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. AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 65. RH..................34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40. RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65. RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................2. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...ABELING REQUESTED BY...DARRICK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090521.SILVE.01/BIS