927  
FNUS73 KBIS 091434  
FWSBIS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR DOG TOWN...NPS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND  
934 AM CDT THU APR 9 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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 THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING.  
CWR.................5 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.  
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 6  
TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING  
TO AROUND 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (76100 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........86 79 71 63 44 30 18 9  
WEATHER COV.....SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....SN  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 0 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............29 32 36 39 42 45 47 48  
RH..............69 62 54 48 43 40 37 35  
20 FT WIND DIR..S W W NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 4 6 6 7 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.3 4 6 8 9 10 11 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 2.3 2.9 3.3 3.9 4.5 5.0 5.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S W NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6 7 9 12 12 14 16  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..6 12 17 27 39 45 60 76  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25.  
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 TO  
7 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (84500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (700 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........11 19 14 12 11 14 9 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............49 48 44 40 37 35 33 31 29 28 28 27  
RH..............33 34 41 50 56 61 66 69 72 78 75 78  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW W SW SW SW SW SW SW S  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 9 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.0 6.1 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 8 7 5 6 7 6 5 3 3 2  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..85 80 7 5 2 2 3 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 60.  
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 14 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 22 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (100100 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........8 9 15 13 10 12 13 15 14 13 12 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............26 25 27 32 39 44 49 53 56 58 59 60  
RH..............81 84 78 69 57 49 42 38 34 33 32 32  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 4 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 6 8 10 12 14 15 18 19 20  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.1 2.1 3.5 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SE S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.2 3 6 7 7 9 12 14 16 17 20 22  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..1 1 2 3 6 16 34 55 70 82 89 100  
 
 
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