FNUS73 KBIS 221151
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR WOODWORTH STATION 7...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
651 AM CDT FRI MAY 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL SLIP THROUGH THE PROPOSED BURN AREA BETWEEN 1300 CDT
AND 1600L CDT. IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING EXPECT AN ISOLATED
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON RIGHT ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT...MAINLY BETWEEN 1300 CDT AND 1800 CDT. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN
TO THE NORTHWEST ONCE THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET WITH SKIES CLEARING
THEREAFTER AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........55F AT IGNITION...MAX 68F.
RH..................61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO AROUND
                    20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING WEST
                    AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 5
                    TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...SIMOSKO
REQUESTED BY...KIRK JESS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090522.WOODW.01/BIS