FNUS73 KBIS 071234 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR GEISZLER 4...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 734 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON MAY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE ROCKIES. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TODAY SO LOCAL TERRAIN MAY HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON WIND DIRECTION. GENERALLY THOUGH WINDS SHOULD BE WEST TO NORTHWEST THIS MORNING AND GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTH TO NORTHEAST AROUND MIDDAY...THEN EAST AROUND 4PM AND EVENTUALLY SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........69 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. RH..................35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL. CWR.................36 PERCENT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66. RH..................MIN 56 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. CWR.................45 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HAMILTON REQUESTED BY...JASON WAGNER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110507.GEISZ.02/BIS