FNUS73 KBIS 031324
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR LONETREE WMA 6...NDGFD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
824 AM CDT MON MAY 3 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 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 WEST WINDS SHOULD BE AROUND
12 TO 15 MPH AT IGNITION. THERE MAY BE A GUST OR TWO TO 20 MPH...AND
WINDS SHOULD BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AROUND 7 PM CDT...THEN SHIFT
SOUTHEAST BY 10 PM. SYSTEM WILL BEGIN IMPACTING NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT
AS STRONG POST FRONTAL WINDS SPREAD ACROSS YOUR SITE TOMORROW MORNING
AT AROUND 9 AM CDT. THIS WILL CAUSE A SHIFT FROM SOUTHERLY TO WESTERLY.
GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AND A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

FINALLY...FROM THE BISMARCK SOUNDING THERE IS NO LOW LEVEL INVERSION
THIS MORNING. WHEN TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO RISE THIS MORNING...THIS SHOULD
BE ENOUGH TO BREAK ANY SUBTLE SURFACE INVERSION THAT MAY EXIST. SMOKE
DISPERSAL SHOULD BE VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT BY IGNITION TIME.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 58.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...RANDY LITTLEFIELD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100503.LONET.01/BIS