FNUS73 KBIS 211238 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR WOODWORTH STATION 7...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 738 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. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. RH..................34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 15 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. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46. RH..................MAX 63 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...ABELING REQUESTED BY...KIRK JESS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090521.WOODW.01/BIS