FNUS73 KBIS 241602
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR FORT YATES PILE...STANDING ROCK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1102 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1045 CDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHEASTERN MONTANA
AND A NORTHWESTERLY WIND WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT DIRECTION UNTIL
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...WHEN MORE NORTHERLY WINDS SHOULD OCCUR.
THE CENTER OF THE HIGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTH DAKOTA TODAY
AND BE OVER THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS BY EVENING. THUS WINDS SHOULD BE
STRONGEST LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY/MID AFTERNOON BEFORE
BECOMING NORTHERLY AND DECREASING A BIT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SHOULD BE CLEAR SKIES TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........76 AT IGNITION...MAX 85.
RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...INCREASING TO NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO AROUND
                    20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTH
                    AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...VINING
REQUESTED BY...TERRY HODGKISS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110824.FORTY.01/BIS