FNUS73 KBIS 181341
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRIMMINS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
841 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0730 CDT ON MAY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...TODAY WILL BE SUNNY BUT WINDY AS A LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER EASTERN MONTANA.  THE MORNING
SOUNDING FROM BISMARCK INDICATED THAT THE SURFACE INVERSION WOULD BREAK
AT AROUND 60 DEGREES ALLOWING STRONGER WINDS ALOFT TO MOVE TO THE
SURFACE.  WINDS BY NOON WILL BE SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH STRONGER
GUSTS.  THE FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE HIGH CATEGORY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
RH..................89 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS
                    AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH BECOMING EAST 5
                    TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67.
RH..................MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                    20 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...WALKER
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110518.CRIMM.01/BIS