FNUS73 KBIS 191333
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR AUDUBON NWR...US FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
833 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

STAGNANT SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL MONTANA AND SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES MEANS ANOTHER DAY OF SOUTHERLY/SOUTH-
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER NORTH DAKOTA. SPEEDS SHOULD BE LESS THAN
YESTERDAY...BUT STILL STRONG WITH MID-AFTERNOON SPEEDS AT 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MAX 79.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH
                    AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE BREEZY.
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH
                    INCREASING TO SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THEN
                    DECREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 20 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                    20 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...SCHECK
REQUESTED BY...CHAD WIMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100519.AUDUB.01/BIS