FNUS73 KBIS 261259
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST DEPUY MARSH...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
759 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY.
SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BURN SITE...UP TO AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH
IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. A SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST...THEN WEST WILL OCCUR
LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT SUNNY SKIES AND NO
PRECIPITATION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 70.
RH..................57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO
                    AROUND 10 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 CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74.
RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110926.WESTD.01/BIS