FNUS73 KBIS 161341
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOSTER WPA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
841 AM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL POWER SOUTHERLY WINDS
ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. BASED ON THIS MORNINGS GUIDANCE...WINDS
AT YOUR SITE WILL REMAIN WITHIN 20 DEGREES OF DUE SOUTH UNTIL
DECOUPLING BEGINS AROUND 7 PM CDT. THEN WINDS WILL BACK SLIGHTLY
AND BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY. OTHERWISE...AN IMPULSE OVER SOUTH DAKOTA
IS CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA. THESE SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY SLIDE NORTHWARD...BUT
PROBABLY WILL NOT SURVIVE THE TRIP TO YOUR SITE. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE
IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...WHICH HAS A BETTER CHANCE FOR FIRING
A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 72.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO
                    AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...SCHECK
REQUESTED BY...JOE GUARIGLIA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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