FNUS73 KBIS 241539
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR PROCUPINE ND...STANDING ROCK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1039 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 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. THE BURN AREA APPEARS TO BE OVER/NEAR THIS
TROUGH. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THE
TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY. IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT WHEN TEMPERATURES REACH INTO THE 70S WINDS MAY
BECOME SOUTHEAST TO EAST AND MAY INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH. IF THE
MODELS ARE INCORRECT AND THE TROUGH ACTUALLY MOVES EAST DURING THE
DAY...THEN WINDS WOULD BECOME WESTERLY...BUT OUR CURRENT THINKING
IS THAT EASTERLY/SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WOULD PREVAIL AND AT OR BELOW
10 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MAX 80.
RH..................58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...THEN BECOMING 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...VINING
REQUESTED BY...TERRY HODGKISS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110924.PROCU.01/BIS