FNUS73 KBIS 161405
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR KOENIG WDA...US FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
905 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...AND MAY
MAKE IT TO YOUR SITE BY AROUND IGNITION TIME. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE
IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...WHICH WILL FIRE ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTH. THESE
STORMS MAY PUSH FAR ENOUGH EAST TO PASS OVER YOUR SITE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 70.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 20 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND GUSTING TO 30 MPH THIS
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING 5 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...SCHECK
REQUESTED BY...CHAD WIMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100516.KOENI.01/BIS