FNUS73 KBIS 191215 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR HAWKS NEST...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 715 AM CDT MON APR 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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 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 MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY WITH ONLY THIN HIGH CLOUDINESS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40. MAX HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING EAST AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....66. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100419.HAWKS.01/BIS