FNUS73 KBIS 211245
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH HB...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
745 AM CDT WED APR 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 68.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 10
                    MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 15 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35.
MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND DECREASING TO AROUND
                    10 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT DECREASING TO AROUND 5
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...KINNEY
REQUESTED BY...KIRK JESS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100421.NORTH.01/BIS