FNUS73 KBIS 211425
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR HB-5...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
925 AM CDT THU OCT 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON OCTOBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA
THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST INTO MINNESOTA BY THIS AFTERNOON. AS
A RESULT...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AROUND
10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES SHOULD BE AROUND
30 PERCENT. INVERSIONS WERE PRESSENT UP TO NEARLY 6000 FEET BUT THE
FIRST INVERSION EXTENDED TO 800 TO 1000 FEET AND WILL BREAK NEAR 50
DEGREES...AROUND 1100 AM AND NOON CDT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
RH..................53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31.
RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH
                    LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60.
RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING
                    TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.

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FORECASTER...WETZEL
REQUESTED BY...CALVIN MOLDENHAUER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101021.HB5__.01/BIS