FNUS73 KBIS 201426 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK LINE CP...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 926 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...PARTLY SUNNY SKIES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PROPOSED BURN AREA TODAY, HOWEVER ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS PRESENT FOR ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...MAINLY BETWEEN 1400 CDT AND 1800 CDT. AFTER 1800 CDT SHOWERS WILL WEAKEN...AND DISSIPATE COMPLETELY BY SUNSET. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL MAX OUT AROUND 40F WITH AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF AROUND 59 PERCENT. ANOTHER WET SYSTEM ARRIVES THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY AFTER 1400 CDT. TEMPERATURE.........35F AT IGNITION...MAX 40F. RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30F. RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 42. RH..................MIN 81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...SIMOSKO REQUESTED BY...COLLEEN GRAUE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110420.BLACK.01/BIS