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SPOT FORECAST FOR LUNDT...USFWS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
818 AM CDT THU OCT 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 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.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 59.
RH..................59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59.
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.LUNDT.01/BIS