FNUS73 KBIS 211135
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR FLORENCE LAKE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
635 AM CDT WED APR 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE STATE THIS MORNING...BECOMING
EAST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING.
BY THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE FAR WEST...AND 5 TO
15 MPH OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...AND
DRY AIR...WITH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE LOWER 60S NORTHEAST TO LOWER
70S WEST...WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY BECOMING EAST
                    AND INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO AROUND
                    15 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS DECREASING TO AROUND
                    10 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT BECOMING SOUTH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 10 MPH THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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