FNUS73 KBIS 171217
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR BASARABA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
717 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN
EARLY THIS MORNING...INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY IGNITION TIME AND THEN
SHIFT TO THE WEST 15 TO 20 MPH AROUND 4 PM...THEN NORTHWEST BETWEEN 4 PM
AND 7 PM. SHOWERS SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...BUT
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 61.
RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THEN SHIFTING
                    TO THE WEST 15 TO 20 MPH AROUND 4 PM CDT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1 INCREASING TO 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34.
RH..................MAX 94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MARGINAL.
LAL.................2 DECREASING TO 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52.
RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DION
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120417.BASAR.01/BIS