FNUS73 KBIS 171227
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR HICKEY WPA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
727 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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
WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY IGNITION TIME AND
18 TO 26 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT SOUTHWEST
AROUND 6 PM AND NORTHWEST AROUND 9 PM. SHOWERS ARE NOT EXPECTED THIS
MORNING BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MOST LIKELY AFTER 4 PM CDT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 26
                    MPH. WINDS SHIFTING SOUTHWEST...THEN NORTHWEST
                    THIS EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55.
RH..................MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...HAMILTON
REQUESTED BY...JASON WAGNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120417.HICKE.01/BIS