Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
956
FNUS73 KBIS 241114
FWSBIS
Spot Forecast for Auto Tour...US FWS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
614 AM CDT Sat May 24 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0645 CDT on May 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Partly cloudy skies this morning will clear to become mostly
sunny for this afternoon. Highs this afternoon are forecast to be
in the mid 60s around the burn site. Minimum relative humidity is
expected to drop as low as 32 percent. Light winds this morning
will organize out of the east and strengthen to 5 to 10 MPH for
this afternoon. Winds will then shift southerly and diminish
overnight.
The sky over the burnsite will remain clear overnight through
Sunday afternoon. Low temperatures Sunday morning are forecast in
the lower 40s. High temperatures in the afternoon are expected to
be in the upper 60s, while minimum relative humidity drops as low
as 31 percent. Light south to southwest winds winds will
strengthen up to around 5 MPH through the late morning and
afternoon.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy becoming mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the
late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......8700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (72200 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........38 42 27 16 14 16 20 21 19 18 17 19
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............43 44 48 52 57 60 61 63 64 64 65 66
RH..............82 79 74 66 57 47 41 36 34 34 33 32
20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 4 6 6 7 9 8 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust. 4 7 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.3 0.5 1.2 2.6 6.3 7.4 8.0 8.4 8.6 8.7 8.7
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E NE
Transp wind spd.6 6 6 8 9 9 10 10 9 9 9 8
Dispr kt-ft/1K..2 2 3 9 21 51 66 72 68 69 70 61
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 8 mph becoming light and
shifting to the south to southwest late
in the evening.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 8 mph shifting to the west
around 7 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (57800 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (1800 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........20 18 26 23 24 22 14 11 10 7 8 7
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............65 64 61 57 54 51 50 48 47 46 45 44
RH..............33 34 41 49 55 61 63 68 71 71 76 79
20 FT wind dir..E SE E E S S S S SW SW W W
20 FT wind spd..7 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.11 10 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5
Mix hgt (kft)...8.3 7.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.NE NE E SE SE S S S SW SW SW W
Transp wind spd.8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 7 7
Dispr kt-ft/1K..58 42 5 4 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south to southeast around
5 mph late in the morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......8100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast in
the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (56600 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7 14 12 4 2 2 11 20 21 23 24 26
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............44 45 50 55 60 63 65 66 67 68 68 68
RH..............79 79 71 64 51 44 38 34 32 31 32 32
20 FT wind dir..W W W SW S S S SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 6 7 8 10 11 11 11 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.9 1.7 4.7 6.7 7.2 7.7 7.8 8.0 8.1 7.4
Transp wind dir.W W W W NW N NE NE NE NE NE E
Transp wind spd.8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
Dispr kt-ft/1K..2 2 5 8 23 40 45 46 50 54 57 49
$$
Forecaster...ADAM
Requested by...Jeff Dion
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2514574.1/BIS
.DELDT 05/24/25
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.EMAIL jeff_dion@fws.gov