FNUS73 KBIS 191357
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR ASPEN...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
857 AM CDT MON APR 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS WILL MOVE SLOWLY
EAST TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER EASTERN MONTANA. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 10-15 MPH AT
IGNITION...AND 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND
SHIFT EAST EARLY THIS EVENING...AND TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
IT WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY TODAY WITH ONLY THIN HIGH CLOUDINESS.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
                    DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH DECREASING TO 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.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND
                    20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ABELING
REQUESTED BY...COLLEENGRAUE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100419.ASPEN.01/BIS