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FNUS73 KBIS 171204
FWSBIS
SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHNELL...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
704 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
CLOUDY, COOL, AND WINDY AT THE BURN SITE TODAY, WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AROUND 41 PERCENT. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. SOME FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS
MORNING BUT NOT EXPECTING ANY ACCUMULATION, WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
THROUGH THE DAY. WARMER AND BREEZY ON SATURDAY, WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AROUND 35 PERCENT AT THE BURN SITE.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW LATE IN THE
MORNING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 35
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........67 67 68 70 73 77 73 69 52 34
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... SN SN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............24 25 26 28 29 29 30 32 33 33
RH..............84 78 72 68 60 58 53 47 45 43
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..15 18 20 22 23 23 24 24 24 24
20 FT WIND GUST.22 26 28 31 32 33 34 34 34 34
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 2.4 2.8 4.4 4.5 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 22 23 28 30 31 33 33 35 35
DISPR KT-FT/1K..34 46 55 105 116 127 147 152 161 158
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 20.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH DECREASING TO 11 TO 13 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 25 TO 33 MPH DECREASING TO 14 TO 21
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO FAIR.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........31 28 23 17 12 8 9 10 11 13 13 13
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............34 33 30 28 26 25 24 23 22 21 21 20
RH..............41 43 49 55 60 62 62 65 65 68 68 71
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..23 22 20 18 16 14 13 12 12 11 11 12
20 FT WIND GUST.32 31 27 26 22 20 20 19 18 18 18 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.3 4.9 3.7 3.0 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.33 31 25 21 17 16 15 14 14 15 15 16
DISPR KT-FT/1K..153 132 82 54 34 27 23 19 18 20 16 18
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 17 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 29 TO 31
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO GOOD
IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........13 13 17 22 26 29 33 36 45 55 64 63
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............20 20 22 25 30 33 37 39 41 43 44 45
RH..............71 74 74 71 60 56 48 44 41 38 36 35
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 14 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18
20 FT WIND GUST.19 19 18 20 20 21 22 24 25 25 25 24
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.2 1.3 2.1 3.1 3.9 5.2 6.2 7.1 7.3 7.5 6.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 20 22 26 26 29 30 30 31 31 29
DISPR KT-FT/1K..19 19 22 39 71 91 129 162 186 195 202 158
FORECASTER...JONES
REQUESTED BY...NATE WIEDOW
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610509.1/BIS
.DELDT 04/17/26
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