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FNUS73 KBIS 201127
FWSBIS
SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHNELL...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
627 AM CDT MON APR 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TUESDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE WEST THEN NORTH THROUGH
THE DAY TODAY. AFTER WHICH, WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE
TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STEADILY PICK UP TUESDAY MORNING
WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE AROUND 74 DEGREES WITH A
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF AROUND 20 PERCENT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
SHOULD RECOVER TO ABOUT 70 PERCENT TONIGHT BEFORE DROPPING BACK
DOWN TO AROUND 28 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST THROUGH THE DAY. GUSTS
UP TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 17
TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (106000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........10 9 14 19 14 9 9 9 14 18
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 42 50 57 64 69 72 73 74 73
RH..............61 53 44 34 27 22 21 21 20 22
20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..15 14 13 12 12 11 11 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 19 19 17 17 18 19 19
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.6 3.4 5.3 7.2 7.5 6.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W W W NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 17 18 17 17 20 22 20 18
DISPR KT-FT/1K..7 8 8 19 24 50 90 137 127 106
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 10
TO 15 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (87400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........13 9 8 7 7 8 9 11 13 16 16 15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 69 64 58 54 52 49 48 46 45 43 42
RH..............25 30 37 47 55 56 58 58 60 60 65 65
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE E E E E SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.18 17 14 12 11 10 10 10 10 9 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.8 4.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N NE E E E E E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 14 12 12 10 10 12 13 12 12 12 13
DISPR KT-FT/1K..87 48 6 4 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP
TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (99000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........16 17 21 24 14 16 18 20 19 19 18 17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............41 41 43 48 53 58 63 67 71 73 75 76
RH..............67 70 67 60 54 49 43 39 34 31 29 28
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 11 13 15 16 19 20 18 15 13
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 17 19 20 21 24 25 23 20 19
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.4 3.2 4.1 5.0 4.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 15 15 17 20 21 22 22 23 23 23 21
DISPR KT-FT/1K..3 4 5 9 15 24 34 45 64 83 99 76
FORECASTER...TELKEN
REQUESTED BY...NATE WIEDOW
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610816.0/BIS
.DELDT 04/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL NWIEDOW@BLM.GOV
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