FNUS73 KBIS 161308
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR N  PELICAN...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
808 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. WINDS WILL
TRANSITION FROM LIGHT NORTHWEST EARLY THIS MORNING...TO SOUTHEAST
5 TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING DIRECTLY
OVER THE BURN SITE...WINDS WILL BE TOUGH TO DETERMINE EXACTLY AND
LOCAL EFFECTS COULD PLAY THE BIGGEST ROLE. IT WILL BE SUNNY THROUGHOUT
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.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 59.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 5 TO 1O MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO
                    10 MPH...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EAST LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...AND BECOMING SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH DECREASING TO UP
                    TO 5 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH
                    INCREASING TO SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN BECOMING 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS GORDON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100416.NPELI.01/BIS