FNUS73 KBIS 091340
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR KNUTSON...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
840 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS THIS MORNING...WILL
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDWEST. THIS WILL SET UP SOUTH TO
SOUTHWESTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 30 PERCENT BY 1100. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND SHOULD
BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID TEENS AROUND 1900.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 82.
RH..................33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO
                    SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49.
RH..................MAX 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81.
RH..................MIN 24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO WEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...BIRK
REQUESTED BY...COLLEEN GRAUE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090909.KNUTS.01/BIS