FNUS73 KBIS 161229
FWSBIS

SPOT FORECAST FOR DES LACS NORTH...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
729 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW DRY WEATHER
OVER THE PRESCRIBED BURN AREA THIS MORNING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
WERE OBSERVED OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND MOVING NORTHEAST. EXPECT
AN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWER TO DEVELOP OVER THE BURN AREA TOWARD THE NOON
HOUR...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT
EAST TO SOUTHEAST INCREASING TO 11 TO 18 MPH TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON.
                    ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........66F AT IGNITION...MAX 71F.
RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND................WINDS EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 11 TO 18 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND................EAST WINDS 11 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
LAL.................4 DECREASING TO 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64.
RH..................MIN 65 PERCENT.
WIND................EAST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...SIMOSKO
REQUESTED BY...DOUG DOWNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130516.DESLA.01/BIS