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FNUS73 KBIS 091230
FWSBIS
SPOT FORECAST FOR SE CORNER RX...USFS/NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
730 AM CDT THU APR 9 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON APRIL 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW
MAINLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA.
LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL TURN TO NORTHWESTERLY BY
THE AFTERNOON AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH. OTHERWISE,
EXPECT DECREASING CLOUDS FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD WITH
TEMPERATURES WARMING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. DECREASING CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE LATE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING,
THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO AROUND 17 MPH LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (80700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........89 88 86 80 74 68 49 34 19 9
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 20 20 20 10 10 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............26 27 29 32 35 38 41 44 45 47
RH..............74 74 69 61 56 52 48 43 41 38
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S SW W NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 7
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 6 7 9 10 11 11 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.7 1.4 2.3 2.8 3.1 3.5 4.1 4.8 5.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 17
DISPR KT-FT/1K..2 3 6 12 20 25 32 42 62 81
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 27.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING,
THEN BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO SOUTHERLY
IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (85400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (1400 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........9 16 13 12 11 13 10 10 10 10 8 8
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............47 47 44 40 38 36 34 33 31 30 29 28
RH..............37 37 41 48 52 56 61 63 66 72 75 75
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW SW SW S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.7 5.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW W W SW S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 15 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5
DISPR KT-FT/1K..85 75 6 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 22 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (97700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........8 8 14 13 10 12 13 15 14 12 11 17
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............28 27 29 33 39 44 49 53 56 57 58 59
RH..............75 78 75 69 59 51 44 39 35 35 34 33
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE SE S S S S S SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 5 6 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 17 18 19 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.2 2.1 3.3 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 7 7 8 10 13 15 17 20 22
DISPR KT-FT/1K..1 1 2 4 7 16 30 48 63 76 86 98
FORECASTER...HEINERT
REQUESTED BY...KYLER HATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609757.0/BIS
.DELDT 04/09/26
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