FNUS73 KBIS 171203
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR F2...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
703 AM CDT SAT APR 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS IN EASTERN MONTANA. LIGHT WINDS
EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH BY MID MORNING AND
INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT A TO THE
SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT ONLY SOME THIN HIGH CLOUDS WITH
MINIMUM HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH
                    INCREASING TO SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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