FNUS73 KBIS 160041
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP LONGHORN RX...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
741 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 10 TO
15 MPH BY LATE IN THE EVENING. FRIDAY WINDS WILL AGAIN PICK UP IN THE
MID TO LATE MORNING TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. WIND
DIRECTION WILL REMAIN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THE
CLOUDS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO OVERTAKE
THE AREA. CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH MID
MORNING FRIDAY. THE LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE MID TO LATE
MORNING WITH MAINLY HIGH CLOUDINESS IN THE AFTERNOON. NO PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH DECREASING TO 10
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
RH..................58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 20 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND
                    20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...SKALSKY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110916.SHEEP.01/BIS