FNUS73 KBIS 241438 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR CANNON BALL COMMUNITY...STANDING ROCK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 938 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN MINOT AND WILLISTON...TO BETWEEN DICKINSON TO BISMARCK...TO NEAR PIERRE IN SOUTH DAKOTA. LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY...WITH WINDS STAYING FROM THE EAST/SOUTHEAST. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WHEN TEMPERATURES REACH INTO THE 70S WINDS MAY INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH. SKIES SHOULD BE MAINLY SUNNY...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED CUMULUS DURING THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 77. RH..................62 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR. LAL.................1. $$ FORECASTER...VINING REQUESTED BY...TERRY HODGKISS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110924.CANNO.01/BIS