FNUS73 KBIS 091240
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAAS WPA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
740 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN MONTANA WILL MOVE
SLOWLY EAST TODAY. THE LOW WILL BRING INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS
ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........27     28     24     25     14     13
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............35     49     58     66     71     73
RH..............97     63     49     37     30     27
20 FT WIND......SE 6   S 11   S 17   S 20   S 20   S 18
20 FT WIND GUST.       15     20            25     20
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83.
RH..................MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 9 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1 INCREASING TO 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ABELING
REQUESTED BY...CHAD WIMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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