WWUS83 KBIS 210953
RFWBIS

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
453 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2009

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
FOR PARTS OF FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
AND STRONG WINDS...

.ON WEDNESDAY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN
SASKATCHEWAN WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND APPROACH NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO
30 MPH BY NOON. THE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE LOW APPROACHES
MANITOBA AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO
THE LOWER 80S OVER FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL WARRANT A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA. IT APPEARS THAT THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGHEST
TEMPERATURES SHOULD OCCUR OVER MCKENZIE...GOLDEN VALLEY...AND
BILLINGS COUNTIES.

NDZ017-031-032-211800-
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MCKENZIE-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-
453 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2009 /353 AM MDT TUE APR 21 2009/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:
IN NORTH DAKOTA...17...31...32

TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 80S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
BELOW 20 PERCENT. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BECOME
SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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JV