914  
FNUS73 KBIS 011206  
FWSBIS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLISTON MUNI GOLF CRSE RX...WILLISTON FIRE DEPARTMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND  
706 AM CDT MON JUN 1 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON JUNE 01.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
A LINGERING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN WILL  
PROMOTE CLOUDY SKIES AND GUSTY WINDS OVER THE BURNSITE TODAY.  
SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN, BECOMING  
SUSTAINED FROM 20 TO 23 MPH GUSTING UP TO 33 MPH AT THE TIME OF  
IGNITION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO  
BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH, WITH A MIXING HEIGHT  
OF AROUND 5600 FT AGL. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON ARE FORECAST AROUND  
68, WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO AROUND 42 PERCENT.  
 
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE  
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS ACROSS  
THE REGION. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH TO AROUND 7  
TO 10 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING, TURNING SOUTHERLY IN THE EVENING  
AND THEN SOUTHEASTERLY OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WHERE  
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP, GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THE  
MIXING HEIGHT IS EXPECTED TO DROP AS LOW AS 400 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.  
LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST AROUND 48, WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE  
HUMIDITY RECOVERING TO AT MAX OF AROUND 93 PERCENT.  
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH AT LEAST  
TUESDAY MORNING, WITH SLIGHT CHANCES FOR BOTH REMAINING THROUGH  
MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY. LIGHT WINDS AROUND 10 MPH ARE EXPECTED  
THROUGH THE DAY, STARTING IN THE EAST SOUTHEAST IN THE MORNING  
BEFORE TURNING SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. HIGH  
TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY ARE FORECAST AROUND 75, WITH MINIMUM  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING AS LOW AS 44 PERCENT.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY.  
CWR.................2 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.  
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 33 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (77400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (144800 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........74 64 54 56 63 75 60  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............57 59 60 62 64 65 66  
RH..............61 57 53 52 48 46 43  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..20 21 21 23 22 21 20  
20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 31 33 32 31 31  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 4.0 4.3 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 26 28 30 30 30 29  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..79 93 103 125 132 145 141  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. RAIN  
SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
CWR.................5 PERCENT INCREASING TO 62 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...26 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.  
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 27 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST  
AROUND 7 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING AND  
OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 14  
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD (118300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING POOR (3100 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........41 43 53 51 53 75 66 59 65 85 88 92  
WEATHER COV..... SCH CHC LKY DEF DEF LKY  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 10 10 10 60 60 60 60 60  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 20 40 60 90 80 60  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 10 30 30 30 20 20  
TEMP............67 67 67 65 61 59 57 57 56 56 55 54  
RH..............42 42 43 48 58 64 72 73 76 80 85 90  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW S SE S S S W W E  
20 FT WIND SPD..17 15 12 9 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.27 24 19 13 11 12 12 12 13 12 13 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.4 4.8 2.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW W S SE SE S SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 21 14 10 8 9 10 12 10 10 10 12  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..118 87 34 7 3 3 5 5 4 4 5 5  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. RAIN  
SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE  
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY.  
CWR.................59 PERCENT DECREASING TO 7 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.  
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST 14 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (96900 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........79 88 93 76 74 63 50 32 29 23 23 29  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC SCH CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CWR.............60 30 30 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10  
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 40 50 70 30 30 20 10 10 30 30 10  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 10  
TEMP............53 53 55 58 61 64 66 68 70 71 72 73  
RH..............93 93 92 83 75 67 65 59 56 52 49 45  
20 FT WIND DIR..E NE SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 17 17 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 1.1 1.4 1.9 2.4 2.5 3.5 4.5 5.1 5.1 4.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 13 14 16 15 16 20 22 20 22  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..6 6 12 15 23 34 33 49 77 97 87 86  
 
 
FORECASTER...ADAM  
REQUESTED BY...OSCAR KNUDTSON  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2614740.0/BIS  
.DELDT 06/01/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL OKNUDTSON7764@GMAIL.COM  
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