FNUS73 KBIS 231235 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR BLOMEKE DOSSENKO...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 735 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER PIERCE COUNTY THIS MORNING WILL DRIFT EAST INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AT AROUND 10 MPH. SUNNY SKIES DOMINATE TODAY WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. A LARGE SWATH OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN LOOK LIKELY BETWEEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING OVER THE BURN AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........53F AT IGNITION...MAX 66F. RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WINDS BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON AT 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43F. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70F. RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. LAL.................2. CWR.................19 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...SIMOSKO REQUESTED BY...CHAD WIMER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090523.BLOME.01/BIS