FNUS73 KBIS 311436
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRUSH PILES...TURTLE MOUNTAIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
936 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 CDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
THIS MORNING WITH LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG COVERING MUCH OF THE
REGION. THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS ARE LIKELY ABOVE THE FOG AT THIS
TIME. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY WITH HUMID AIR
REMAINING...AND BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. TONIGHT THERE IS A GOOD
CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY
LINGERING INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

APOLOGIZE FOR THE LATE RESPONSE. WE WERE AT SHIFT CHANGE WHEN THE
REQUEST WAS RECEIVED AND IT DID NOT ALARM AT DAY SHIFT WORK
STATION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 77.
RH..................100 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING
                    TO AROUND 10 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 60.
RH..................MAX 97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT
                    BECOMING SOUTH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL.
LAL.................4.
CWR.................55 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72.
RH..................MIN 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING
                    TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...VINING
REQUESTED BY...DANIEL FALCON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110831.BRUSH.01/BIS