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FNUS73 KBIS 231103
FWSBIS
SPOT FORECAST FOR COAL LAKE...NORTH DAKOTA GAME & FISH DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
603 AM CDT WED APR 23 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
LOOK FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FIRE AREA TODAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE MID
50S AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 40 PERCENT. A STEADY NORTHWEST WIND
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TODAY. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES CONTINUE FOR TONIGHT. HUMIDITY
WILL RECOVER TO NEAR 90 PERCENT TONIGHT, WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS BECOME EASTERLY.
THURSDAY THEN SEES A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. A STEADY
EAST NORTHEAST MAY ALSO BE FOUND ON THURSDAY, WHILE AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES
DECREASE SLIGHTLY TO NEAR 35 PERCENT. WINDS BECOME LIGHT OUT OF THE NORTHEAST
ON THURSDAY NIGHT, WITH CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS
IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS IN THE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (40700 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........93 94 90 88 58 28 20 23 39
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............35 37 40 42 45 48 49 50 51
RH..............75 72 64 60 51 47 44 42 41
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 15 15 15 14 14 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.5 5.0 5.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 18 16 15 14 13 10 10 9
DISPR KT-FT/1K..46 45 44 44 44 46 41 45 41
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
AROUND 5 MPH AFTER 0100.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 6 TO 12
MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (40800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........53 46 64 44 49 47 38 25 40 43 47 37
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............51 50 48 44 42 40 39 38 36 35 34 34
RH..............41 42 46 55 62 67 70 76 82 85 85 85
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.1 4.7 4.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
DISPR KT-FT/1K..41 33 28 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (44900 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........45 52 68 54 42 58 61 63 62 60 59 60
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............33 32 35 39 44 48 51 52 53 55 55 55
RH..............89 92 82 76 65 54 47 43 39 36 35 34
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E NE N N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 9
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.5 3.1 4.0 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE NE NE N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9
DISPR KT-FT/1K..2 2 3 4 8 16 24 34 39 42 45 44
FORECASTER...ANGLIN
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT MILLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511465.0/BIS
.DELDT 04/23/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL ROMILLER@ND.GOV
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