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Spot Forecast for Grain Bin Fire...ND Watch Center
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
948 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 CDT on July 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly sunny skies today with light and variable winds around 5 mph
becoming east 5 to 15 mph this afternoon. Temperatures will warm to
91 by 5pm. With the winds, the heat index will be around 89 degrees. Tonight
temperatures will only drop to 65 degrees. Winds become southeast tonight
10 to 20 mph, under mostly clear skies. On Saturday expect southeast
to south winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. It will be sunny
with a high around 100 degrees with a heat index of 98.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Max apparent temp...89.
Surface winds.......Northeast winds 8 mph shifting to the
                    east around 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 mph shifting to the east at 9 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8000 knot-ft) in the morning
                    increasing to fair (47600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8000 knot-ft) in the morning
                    increasing to fair (47600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   2   2   6   8   6   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............77  80  83  85  86  88  90  91
RH..............69  60  53  46  40  36  33  32
Aparnt tmp (F)..77  82  84  85  85  87  89  90
Surface wnd dir.N   NE  E   E   E   E   E   SE
Surface wnd spd.7   8   9   9   7   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.    9   12  13  13  13  15  15
Transp wind dir.N   NE  NE  E   E   E   E   SE
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   8   9   9   8   8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8   17  25  35  42  48  44  44
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR
Dispr kt-ft/1K..8   17  25  35  42  48  44  44

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Max apparent temp...89.
Surface winds.......Southeast winds 8 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    after 3 am.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (49000 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (5700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (49000 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (5700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........9   4   6   5   11  10  11  21  18  16  13  12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
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............91  91  88  83  78  75  73  71  71  70  70  68
RH..............32  33  38  44  52  56  57  61  59  61  59  63
Aparnt tmp (F)..90  90  87  83  78  75  73  71  71  70  70  68
Surface wnd dir.SE  E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Surface wnd spd.8   9   9   11  12  12  12  12  11  11  11  11
Surface wnd gst.14  15  16  17  20  20  20  20  20  18  20  18
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S
Transp wind spd.9   10  13  14  15  15  16  16  16  16  15  14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..49  46  22  6   7   6   7   7   7   7   6   6
Ventrate Cat....FR  FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR
Dispr kt-ft/1K..49  46  22  6   7   6   7   7   7   7   6   6

$$
Forecaster...SMITH
Requested by...ND Watch Center
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2617155.0/BIS
.DELDT 07/10/26
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.EMAIL watchcenter@nd.gov