FNUS73 KBIS 181214 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR G19B...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 714 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND LOW PRESSSURE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL PRODUCE INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE AREA TODAY. IT WILL BE SUNNY TODAY WITH SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AT IGNITION TIME. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN SUBSIDE TO AROUND 15 MPH BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM. THE WIND DIRECTION SHOULD REMAIN BETWEEN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 75. MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH BY EARLY EVENING. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100518.G19B_.01/BIS