FNUS73 KBIS 131450
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR TREE TOP FIRE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
950 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0932 CDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHING EAST WILL RESULT IN INCREASING
NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS
MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS COULD REACH
UPWARDS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY...AS WE
MIX OUT TO AROUND 5000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. MOST IF NOT ALL
PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE WEST.

THE FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL APPROACH THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BECOME LOWER THAN
FORECAST. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL FOR UPDATED INFORMATION IF
NEEDED.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........43 AT REQUEST...MAX 61.
RH..................95 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT
                    REQUEST...INCREASING OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS UP TO
                    20 MPH SUSTAINED WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
                    WINDS REMAIN NORTHWEST AND AT THIS MAGNITUDE
                    THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT REQUEST...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HEINERT
REQUESTED BY...CJAHNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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