FNUS73 KBIS 211219
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROTT...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
719 AM CDT WED APR 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 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.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    EAST AT 10 TO 15 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING SOUTH
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO EAST
                    AT 10 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...KINNEY
REQUESTED BY...KIRK JESS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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