FNUS73 KBIS 241321
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR PETERSON WPA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
821 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE HIGH CATEGORY AT THE FORECAST
LOCATION TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 87.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 9
                    TO 14 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1 INCREASING TO 6 IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........43     43     43     58     58     58
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............52     64     73     80     87     86
RH..............63     48     38     29     21     23
20 FT WIND......SE 7   SE 10  S 10   S 11   W 15   W 14
20 FT WIND GUST.10                   15            15
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      6      6      6
HAINES INDEX....6      6      6      6      6      6

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
RH..................MAX 71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................6 DECREASING TO 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67.
RH..................MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST 11 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................2 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ABELING
REQUESTED BY...CHAD WIMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.PETER.01/BIS