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Spot Forecast for Bale Fire...ND Watch Center
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
837 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 CDT on September 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Low clouds this morning will give way to mostly sunny skies by this afternoon.
High temperatures today in the mid 90s will lower humidity values to near 30
percent. A steady south southeast wind 6 to 12 mph is also expected today.
This evening through tonight, isolated thunderstorms will be possible, with
gusty and erratic winds. Otherwise look for partly cloudy skies with lows
near 60, and high humidity recoveries. South southeast winds near 10 mph are
also expected through the night, although some periods of light and variable
winds are possible.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy this morning becoming mostly sunny.
CWR.................2 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South southeast 6 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (49800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........14  19  17  14  11  10  9   7   11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............69  74  79  83  86  89  91  92  93
RH..............87  76  65  55  48  42  38  36  33
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SE  SE  S   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   8   9   9   9   10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.12  13  13  12  13  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.1 1.6 2.1 2.5 3.1 4.0 5.1 5.5
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  10  8   9   9   10  10
Dispr kt-ft/1K..7   9   14  19  17  25  32  46  50

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the evening. Slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 am.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near any thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15
                    mph early in the evening, then decreasing to 10
                    to 12 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (54300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (4300 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........15  19  24  28  33  30  27  24  26  27  28  34
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH SCH             SCH
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW              RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH SCH             SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  20  20  20  10  10  10  20  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   10  20  20  20  10  10  10  20  10  10
Temp............92  90  86  81  76  73  71  69  67  66  65  64
RH..............33  34  40  47  58  64  68  76  81  84  87  87
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   E   SE  E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..8   8   7   8   8   8   7   6   5   5   4   5
20 FT wind gust.14  14  13  14  14  14  12  11  9   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...6.0 3.4 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   SE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   SE  S
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  12  13  15  15  15  13  12  10  10
Dispr kt-ft/1K..54  30  6   5   5   7   6   6   5   5   4   4

$$
Forecaster...ANGLIN
Requested by...Kristina Thomas
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621258.0/BIS
.DELDT 09/05/26
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