FNUS73 KBIS 301253
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR HB-18...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
753 AM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT FROM CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN ACROSS
NORTHEAST MONTANA WILL MOVE EAST TODAY AND THROUGH THE BURN AREA
THIS MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WILL BECOME WEST 15 TO
20 MPH BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON CDT. WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 57.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 20 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                    WEST LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING 15 TO
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
CWR.................24 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ABELING
REQUESTED BY...DOUG DOWNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100330.HB18_.01/BIS