FNUS73 KBIS 231257
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPICHKE WPA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
757 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 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 WINDS 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON 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.........62F AT IGNITION...MAX 66F.
RH..................31 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST UP TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO
                    10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
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.

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FORECASTER...SIMOSKO
REQUESTED BY...JOE GUARIGLIA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090523.SPICH.01/BIS