FNUS73 KBIS 221245 FWSBIS SPOT FORECAST FOR DES LACS NORTH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 745 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL PREVAIL TODAY WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO NEAR 36 PERCENT BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND................WINDS EAST AT 20 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........3 5 7 10 18 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 52 59 63 66 68 RH..............89 56 44 39 37 36 20 FT WIND......NE 11 NE 12 E 17 E 24 E 25 E 25 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 30 30 30 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43. RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT. WIND................EAST WINDS 13 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 11 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67. RH..................MIN 39 PERCENT. WIND................EAST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 14 TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. LAL.................1. CWR.................0 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...KING REQUESTED BY...CALVIN MOLDENHAUER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130522.DESLA.01/BIS