FNUS73 KBIS 161224
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR F1...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
724 AM CDT MON MAY 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
EXPECT AN INCREASING SOUTHEAST WIND TODAY...SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT. THE
GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX IS IN THE HIGH CATEGORY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10
                    MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH DECREASING TO 10
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68.
RH..................MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH INCREASING
                    TO AROUND 25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO AROUND 30 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...KINNEY
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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