FNUS73 KBIS 161221
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR G18...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
721 AM CDT FRI APR 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING
WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST
WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT NORTH BY AROUND 10 AM CDT. MAXIMUM
WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM IGNITION TIME
UNTIL AROUND 3 PM CDT. THEREAFTER WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO
THE NORTHEAST. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHT SOUTHEAST BY THIS EVENING. SUNNY SKIES
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES AROUND 25 PERCENT
THIS AFTERNOON. SATURDAY...SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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