FNUS73 KBIS 161429 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR HB-35...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 929 AM CDT MON MAY 16 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10AM CDT TO 10 PM CDT... LOOKING AT THE LATEST WINDS AT LOSTWOOD AND LIMA...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE BETWEEN 9 AND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 13 AND 20 MPH...SO THERE IS NO SURFACE BASED INVERSION. A FORECAST SOUNDING OF THIS AREA SHOWS GOOD MIXING FROM THE SURFACE THROUGH ABOUT 5000FT THIS MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUOUSLY GROW STRONGER THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...HENCE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL SHORTLY GO INTO EFFECT AT YOUR BURN SITE. THE TABLE BELOW DISPLAYS YOUR FORECAST WINDS FOR EACH HOUR THIS AFTERNOON WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AT 33 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BE NEARLY THE SAME AT 1300 AND 1700 RESPECTIVELY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........57F AT IGNITION...MAX 68F. RH..................38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WINDY. SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............57 60 62 64 65 66 66 66 RH..............38 32 30 28 27 27 27 28 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..28 28 33 33 33 33 33 33 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 35 35 35 35 35 35 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46. RH..................MAX 63 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........10 10 10 10 10 10 27 27 27 27 27 27 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............65 64 60 57 55 53 52 51 50 49 48 48 RH..............29 32 37 43 49 52 56 59 58 61 63 63 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..28 28 28 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 20 FT WIND GUST.35 35 35 35 35 35 25 25 25 25 25 25 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66. RH..................MIN 38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...SIMOSKO REQUESTED BY...CALVIN MOLDENHAUER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110516.HB35_.01/BIS