241  
FNUS73 KBIS 011557  
FWSBIS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR TOO...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND  
1057 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1640 CDT ON OCTOBER 01.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, INCREASING TO  
MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH DRY  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. FOR THIS AFTERNOON, A  
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 61 DEGREES IS EXPECTED WITH A MINIMUM RELATIVE  
HUMIDITY VALUE OF 30 PERCENT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO  
RECOVER TO AROUND 60 PERCENT TONIGHT BEFORE DROPPING BACK DOWN TO  
AROUND 39 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS OF  
AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH ARE ON TAP FOR THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE BECOMING  
LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT, WINDS WILL REMAIN  
LIGHT WHILE TAKING UP A SOUTHEASTERLY COMPONENT. THESE WINDS WILL  
INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY BECOMING SUSTAINED OUT OF THE  
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.  
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 TO 10 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (44600 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........41 41  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0  
TEMP............61 60  
RH..............30 31  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.11 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.8 5.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..52 45  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.  
MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5  
MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5 TO 10  
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHEAST 12 TO 16 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1800 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........40 40 61 82 83 85 86 86 72 58 62 66  
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............59 57 54 51 49 48 46 46 46 45 45 45  
RH..............32 37 40 44 48 49 53 53 53 55 58 58  
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 6 5 7 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 16  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..36 4 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 10  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........DECREASING CLOUDS BECOMING SUNNY.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.  
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30  
MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 16 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 18  
TO 26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (55400 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........66 65 70 75 71 68 57 47 39 32 26 20  
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............46 46 45 48 52 55 59 63 66 68 69 70  
RH..............56 58 60 58 54 53 47 41 40 39 39 39  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 11 12 14 17 20 18 17 15 13 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 17 19 21 26 30 27 25 22 20 19  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 17 20 23 24 25 26 23 21 20 18 18  
DISPR KT-FT/1K..11 11 15 25 33 45 55 55 53 55 54 55  
 
 
FORECASTER...TELKEN  
REQUESTED BY...DAWSON GLOCK  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2622872.1/BIS  
.DELDT 10/01/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL DAWSON.GLOCK@GMAIL.COM  
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