FNUS73 KBIS 221233
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR MT  MORIAH...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
733 AM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN INTO
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...THEN THROUGH EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT.
EXPECT SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH THIS MORNING INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH
BY NOON...AND CONTINUING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO
10 TO 15 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHIFT SOUTHWEST. WINDS WILL THEN
SHIFT WEST TO NORTHWEST TONIGHT. LOOK FOR ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........81 AT IGNITION...MAX 85.
RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH FROM EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 62.
RH..................MAX 97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND
                    5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...JASON LURA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110822.MTMOR.01/BIS