FNUS73 KBIS 191444 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR 96A...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 944 AM CDT MON APR 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON APRIL 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER EASTERN MONTANA WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST TODAY. THIS WILL BRING A RISK OF SHOWERS TO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...BUT FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM BURN 96A NOT TO AFFECT IT WITH ANY PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER WILL LIKELY SEE SOME CLOUDS INCREASING...THUS SUNNY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO PARTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW SKIRTS JUST TO YOUR SOUTHEAST. EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY AT AROUND 15 MPH...THEN DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH BY SUNSET AND OVERNIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT THEN MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON TUESDAY WITH NORTHEAST TO EASTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........60F AT IGNITION...MAX 67F. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUING BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....36F. MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH BECOMING EAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....67F. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...SIMOSKO REQUESTED BY...DARRICK YSTAAS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100419.96A__.01/BIS