FNUS73 KBIS 091157 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR LINNARD...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 657 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM LOW IN SASKATCHEWAN SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE EAST THIS MORNING. THE FRONT EXTENDS FROM WEST OF MINOT TO WEST OF BISMARCK EARLY THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH BY 11 PM CDT AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT -TIMES BY 1 PM CDT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 56. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....30. MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...WETZEL REQUESTED BY...JASON WAGNER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100409.LINNA.01/BIS