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SXUS43 KBIS 120930  
RECBIS  
 
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-130000-  
RECREATIONAL FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND  
430 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
HERE ARE THE RECREATION AREA FORECASTS...  
 
FOR WESTERN LAKE SAKAKAWEA...  
   
TODAY
 
STRONG WINDS. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO  
15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING,  
THEN INCREASING TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH  
LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 70 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTHWEST AND  
INCREASING TO 45 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH. SNOW AND  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. RAIN  
LIKELY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CLOUDY EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN  
THE MID 40S.    
TONIGHT
 
STRONG WINDS. NORTHWEST WINDS 40 TO 55 MPH BECOMING  
NORTH AND DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW  
THROUGH THE NIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 16.  
 
FOR EASTERN LAKE SAKAKAWEA...  
   
TODAY
 
STRONG WINDS. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 35 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 50 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO WEST 35 TO  
50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON  
BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 45 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 75 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WITH LIGHT FREEZING  
RAIN LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. RAIN LIKELY IN THE LATE MORNING  
AND AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CLOUDY EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN  
THE MID 40S.    
TONIGHT
 
STRONG WINDS. NORTHWEST WINDS 45 TO 60 MPH DECREASING  
TO 15 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE EVENING. MOSTLY CLOUDY.  
LOWS AROUND 16.  
 
FOR NORTHERN LAKE OAHE...  
   
TODAY
 
STRONG WINDS. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO  
SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO  
WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 40 TO 55 MPH LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SNOW EARLY IN THE MORNING. LIGHT  
FREEZING RAIN AND CHANCE OF RAIN. MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE  
UPPER 40S.    
TONIGHT
 
STRONG WINDS. NORTHWEST WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH DECREASING  
TO 20 TO 30 MPH. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS  
AROUND 19.  
 

 
 
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