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FNUS73 KBIS 090025
FWSBIS
SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHNELL...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
725 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2000 CDT ON MARCH 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WEST AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
NEAR 30 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING, CAUSING A QUICK SHIFT IN WIND
DIRECTION TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. THE FORECAST TIME OF ARRIVAL OF
THE COLD FRONT IS AROUND 7 TO 8 PM MDT. THERE COULD ALSO BE A
BRIEF PERIOD OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WITH THE FRONT.
WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE, SETTLING AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH OUT OF THE NORTHWEST
FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL INTO THE UPPER
20S BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, WITH HUMIDITY RISING TO AROUND 75
PERCENT. LOW CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW ENTER THE FORECAST LATE
TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. SNOW COULD
MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO RAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE MUCH
COOLER ON MONDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 30S AND MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AROUND 55 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH MONDAY
MORNING WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST BY MID AFTERNOON.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING, SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 15 TO
20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING, THEN
BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, SHIFTING
TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD (100800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (21900 KNOT-FT) OVERNIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........70 71 71 72 72 73 73 73 73 73
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RS SN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 20 20 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 54 48 42 39 36 34 32 31 30
RH..............31 41 51 60 67 72 75 75 75 75
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW N N NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..23 21 20 19 16 15 14 13 12 11
20 FT WIND GUST.28 26 25 24 21 20 19 17 17 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 2.9 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW N N N NW NW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.26 25 24 22 21 20 20 18 17 15
DISPR KT-FT/1K..101 64 33 30 25 22 26 29 27 24
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING,
THEN SNOW LIKELY AND CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................12 PERCENT INCREASING TO 15 PERCENT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING,
BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH-NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE MORNING, BECOMING
SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (19500 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........74 75 79 82 86 89 92 96 96 97 98 98
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... SN SN SN SN SN SN SN RS RN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 10 10 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 20
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 20 20 30 50 50 60 50 40 40
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............30 29 29 29 30 31 32 33 33 33 33 33
RH..............72 69 66 63 58 56 53 53 58 61 66 66
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW N N N N NE E E SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 12 11 11 10 10 10 11 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NW NW NW N NE SE SE SE SE S SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 12
DISPR KT-FT/1K..18 16 12 14 15 15 19 20 18 19 18 17
FORECASTER...HOLLAN
REQUESTED BY...HANNAH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2605099.0/BIS
.DELDT 03/08/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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