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FNUS73 KBIS 250432
FWSBIS
SPOT FORECAST FOR 2-24 SPOT REQUEST...DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1032 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2300 CST ON FEBRUARY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING, WITH A SURFACE WARM FRONT THEN MOVING FROM WEST
TO EAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. MILD AND DRY WEATHER
WILL ACCOMPANY THE WARM FRONT, ALONG WITH GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS
DEVELOPING FOR THURSDAY.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 7 ABOVE.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5
TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1600 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........19 29 20 38 40 41 44
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE.... FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............10 10 10 11 10 10 9
RH..............83 80 83 87 87 87 91
20 FT WIND DIR..N NW W S S S SE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 2 2 3 4
20 FT WIND GUST.7 5 4 4 4 5 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NW W S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 5 5 5 5 6
DISPR KT-FT/1K..2 2 2 2 2 2 2
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST UP TO 10 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 12 TO 16
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2500 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........46 53 59 66 56 46 37 34 31 29 22 16
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............9 10 10 13 17 21 25 29 32 34 35 35
RH..............87 87 91 87 88 84 81 78 75 69 66 69
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S S S SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.2 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 10 10 12 12 12 12 13 15 16 12
DISPR KT-FT/1K..3 3 4 4 6 9 9 11 13 18 17 6
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 24.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 26 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 22 TO 23 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4800 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........10 13 16 18 22 25 28 32 36 40 34 29
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............32 30 28 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 29
RH..............75 75 78 78 74 74 74 74 71 71 71 72
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 10 10 11 13 14 16 17 18
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 14 14 15 15 17 20 20 24 25 26
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 13 15 16 18 18 21 22 23 22 22
DISPR KT-FT/1K..5 6 6 7 8 9 9 11 12 13 13 13
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 28
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (43400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........23 22 21 20 18 15 13 14 16 17 22 28
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............29 30 30 32 35 38 41 43 45 45 44 43
RH..............72 69 72 66 61 57 53 51 49 49 51 53
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..19 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 20 19 17 15
20 FT WIND GUST.27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 27 26 25 21
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 22 22 23 24 25 25 25 25 24 22 20
DISPR KT-FT/1K..16 12 13 14 23 32 42 43 43 43 30 18
FORECASTER...HEINERT
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 02/24/26
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