FNUS73 KBIS 281223
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST DEPUY MARSH...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
723 AM CDT WED SEP 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SURFACE TROUGH WILL PASS THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS AND DRY AIR FOR THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AROUND 30 PERCENT.
EXPECT A NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING...INCREASING
TO 20 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 80.
RH..................49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 10
                    MPH AT IGNITION...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63.
RH..................MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...KINNEY
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110928.WESTD.01/BIS