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Spot Forecast for Turtle Mountains Wildfire...NDDES
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
942 AM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 CDT on May 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly sunny skies will be found across the fire area today. Cooler
temperatures will increase afternoon humidity values slightly to around
30 percent. Expect a steady northeast wind today around 12 to 18 mph.
Tonight, mainly clear skies remain along with a light northeast wind.
Cooler temperatures will be found, although humidity values may only
rebound to around 60 percent. Sunny skies, dry conditions, and slightly
warmer temperatures will be found on Wednesday. This may lower afternoon
humidity values back into the lower to mid 20s. A light east northeast wind
will become a steady southeast wind on Wednesday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny with a few afternoon clouds.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........Around 30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North northeast winds 12 to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 15 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (50600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (90900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........58  44  29  14  16  22  23  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  55  56  58  60  60  60  60
RH..............54  45  43  39  35  33  33  32
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  13  14  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.15  15  17  19  20  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 4.1 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.1
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.20  20  18  18  16  16  15  16
Dispr kt-ft/1K..51  70  83  91  84  85  78  85

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (85100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2400 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........22  26  23  19  21  14  11  10  8   10  11  10
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  55  50  47  45  43  41  39  37  36  35
RH..............32  33  34  39  42  43  47  48  50  54  54  56
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..13  12  12  11  10  10  9   9   7   7   6   5
20 FT wind gust.20  18  17  17  15  15  14  14  12  11  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...5.7 5.0 4.0 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.17  17  17  17  16  15  14  14  12  12  12  10
Dispr kt-ft/1K..85  75  60  13  8   7   5   4   3   3   3   2

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 6 to 12 mph with gusts to 18 mph after 1200.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast 10 to
                    15 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (47800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........8         6         2         0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Chc of thdr (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............35        44        56        63
RH..............54        43        30        23
20 FT wind......NE 5G9    E 5G9     SE 8G12   SE 10G14
Mix hgt (ft)....200       900       2900      4100
Transport wind..NE 10     E 9       SE 8      SE 10
Dispr kt-ft/1K..2         7         22        38

$$
Forecaster...ANGLIN
Requested by...Tyler Weichel
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2513210.0/BIS
.DELDT 05/06/25
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.EMAIL watchcenter@nd.gov