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FNUS73 KBIS 221214
FWSBIS
SPOT FORECAST FOR MINOT AFB RX 2026...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
714 AM CDT WED APR 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
CLOUD COVER OVER THE BURN AREA WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING,
BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY, BEFORE BRIEFLY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN
THE AFTERNOON. A PSEUDOSTATIONARY WARM FRONT SLOWLY LIFTING ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY WILL PROMOTE WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, DRY
WEATHER, AND BREEZY CONDITIONS. A HIGH OF 81 DEGREES IS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON, WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING AS LOW AS
25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS MORNING
WILL STRENGTHEN AND TURN EAST SOUTHEASTERLY THIS AFTERNOON, WITH
SUSTAINED SPEEDS UP TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH IN THE
LATE AFTERNOON. WITH THIS PERIOD OF STRONGER WINDS OVERLAPPING
WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON NEAR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHWESTERLY AND
SOMEWHAT DIMINISH OVERNIGHT, BUT WITH REMAIN SOMEWHAT BREEZY WITH
SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 12 TO 18 MPH. LOWS TONIGHT ARE FORECAST
AROUND 51, WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERING TO AS HIGH AS 55
PERCENT.
A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA
INTO THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THURSDAY, PROMOTING WIDESPREAD CLOUDY
COVER, LOW CHANCES FOR PRECPITATION, WINDY CONDITIONS, AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES. HIGHS ON THURSDAY ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND 62,
WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING AS LOW AS 34 PERCENT.
BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE MORNING, BECOMING WESTERLY WITH SPEEDS
UP TO 27 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 38 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCES FOR
PRECPITATION ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON, BEFORE DIMINISHING THROUGH THE EVENING. WHILE INITIALLY
FAVORED TO FALL AS RAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY, RAIN
MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW THURSDAY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE TO COOL. OVERALL PRECPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT,
WITH VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN DURING THIS PERIOD.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................2 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...4 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 10
TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHEAST 18 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST
AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (78700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (113400
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........57 60 63 66 68 71 71 71 71 72 72
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............36 38 43 52 63 67 72 77 79 81 81
RH..............89 82 70 56 43 36 30 25 25 25 25
20 FT WIND DIR..N NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 9 11 12 14 16 18 19 20 19
20 FT WIND GUST.8 10 13 15 19 22 24 26 26 27 27
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.1 1.6 2.1 2.9 3.3 4.2 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 31 31
DISPR KT-FT/1K..2 3 4 9 14 26 38 62 79 113 119
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................3 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 28 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 10 TO
12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 20 TO 28 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 15
TO 18 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO
THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (91900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........65 59 52 51 45 37 36 35 47 58 58 62
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 10 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............81 80 76 71 67 65 62 60 59 57 56 54
RH..............25 28 33 39 47 48 50 51 49 49 51 50
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..18 16 15 13 12 12 12 11 11 10 11 12
20 FT WIND GUST.28 25 24 22 20 20 19 18 18 18 19 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.8 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S SE SE SE S W W W W SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.28 25 20 17 18 17 17 15 15 15 18 18
DISPR KT-FT/1K..92 45 15 11 10 10 9 6 6 6 9 14
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 20 TO 27
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 37 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 30 TO
35 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (13900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (124000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
LATE MORNING INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (154200 KNOT-FT)
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........54 45 42 38 35 38 44 51 54 57 60 62
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 30 30 30 30 30
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 52 54 56 58 59 60 60 59 58 56 53
RH..............50 54 55 51 47 45 44 42 42 42 43 46
20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W SW SW W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 26
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 24 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 35 37
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.0 1.4 2.6 3.5 4.1 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 21 25 30 30 30 31 32 35 37 38 39
DISPR KT-FT/1K..14 17 28 66 90 106 124 126 133 140 146 154
FORECASTER...ADAM
REQUESTED BY...CHRISTOPHER ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611284.0/BIS
.DELDT 04/22/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CHRISTOPHER.ROGERS@FWS.GOV
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