838  
FNUS73 KBIS 071157  
FWSBIS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR MISSOURI...USWFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND  
657 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 CDT ON JULY 07.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS TODAY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.  
SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LOOK FOR  
EASTERLY WINDS TODAY 15 TO 25 MPH. THE FORECAST HIGH IS 74 DEGREES. AT  
MAX HEATING THIS AFTERNOON LOOK FOR A MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND  
60 PERCENT AND FAIR SMOKE DISPERSAL. EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE  
THIS EVENING, THEN DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER EARLY THIS EVENING.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS  
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES  
DECREASING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................55 PERCENT DECREASING TO 25 PERCENT LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...30 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.  
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 1O TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.  
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 16 TO 25 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (14300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (52600 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........95 80 79 75 76 79 75 82 82 64 45  
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH  
CWR.............60 60 60 50 50 50 50 50 50 30 30  
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 60 50 50 40 30 20  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 20  
TEMP............60 62 64 66 67 68 68 68 70 71 72  
RH..............90 87 84 78 70 70 70 70 66 64 61  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 11 15 15 15 15 15 15 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.15 18 18 20 21 22 24 24 22 22 21  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.7 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.8 3.1 2.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 18 18 21 21 20 18 17 20 20 20  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..14 19 22 27 30 39 39 34 47 53 49  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE  
OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.  
CWR.................25 PERCENT DECREASING TO 5 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...25 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY  
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS  
EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 18 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 8 MPH AFTER  
3 AM.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (43100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (3400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........46 48 61 79 87 90 71 77 82 74 72 70  
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH  
CWR.............30 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 30 40 40 20 20 30 20 20 10 10  
CHC OF THDR (%).10 20 20 20 30 20 20 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............73 72 71 67 64 62 61 60 59 58 56 56  
RH..............59 61 64 73 81 84 84 87 90 93 100 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 12 12 11 10 8 8 6 5 5 4  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 7 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 2.6 2.2 1.7 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E SE E E E E E E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 18 17 14 14 12 9 10 9 8 7  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..43 42 34 25 9 6 9 6 7 6 6 3  
 
 
FORECASTER...HAMILTON  
REQUESTED BY...HANNAH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2616904.0/BIS  
.DELDT 07/07/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MTMCC@FIRENET.GOV  
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