FNUS73 KBIS 031341 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR BOUNDARY- NOT CP-G2...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 841 AM CDT MON MAY 3 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA WILL FINALLY LIFT OUT TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE A LITTLE HIGH COMPARED TO IDEAL BURNING CONDITIONS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD BE AROUND 10 MPH AT IGNITION. THERE MAY BE A GUST OR TWO TO 20 MPH...AND WINDS SHOULD SHIFT TO SOUTH AROUND 7 PM CDT AND DIMINISH TO AROUND 5 MPH...BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN LATE IN THE EVENING AS THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN IMPACTING THE SITE GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AND A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 59. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....37. MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL. LAL.................2. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....45. MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VERY WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH BECOMING WEST 30 TO 35 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...COLLEEN GRAUE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100503.BOUND.02/BIS