FNUS73 KBIS 231328 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR NE WILLIAMS...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 828 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL CREATE DRY CONDITIONS TODAY. EXPECT SKIES TO BE MOSTLY SUNNY...WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH...GUSTING TO AROUND 20 MPH THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AROUND 10 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHIFT WEST THEN NORTH BY LATE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE 20 PERCENTILE RANGE. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 79. RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 18 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 19 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 9 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............48 50 54 58 64 69 73 75 78 79 78 RH..............57 54 50 46 41 36 30 28 26 26 28 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW W W N 20 FT WIND SPD..17 20 21 21 20 18 17 14 12 10 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 20 15 15 10 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47. RH..................MAX 87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........6 6 6 6 6 6 12 12 12 12 12 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............78 75 67 61 59 56 54 53 52 52 49 47 RH..............29 32 42 51 56 64 69 71 73 73 81 87 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE SE SE SE S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 4 4 3 3 1 1 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84. RH..................MIN 25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST UP TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........32 32 32 32 32 32 37 37 37 37 37 37 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............48 51 57 64 68 72 76 78 80 83 84 83 RH..............83 77 64 52 45 40 35 32 28 25 25 27 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW W W W NW 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 6 6 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 $$ FORECASTER...TAEGER REQUESTED BY...CHRIS GORDON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120423.NEWIL.01/BIS