FNUS73 KBIS 251159
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAWKSNEST...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
659 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOWERS TO
WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...WITH RAIN LIKELY TONIGHT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND
COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN LOW FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 61.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
                    AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................24 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 10 TO
                    15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................53 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...KINNEY
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100425.HAWKS.01/BIS