FNUS73 KBIS 171334 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR G24...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 834 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 15 TO 20 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.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 64. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 19 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....36. MAX HUMIDITY........64 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........22 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. $$ FORECASTER...ABELING REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100417.G24__.01/BIS