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FNUS73 KBIS 061148
FWSBIS

Spot Forecast for Wolf Creek...North Dakota Game & Fish Department
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
648 AM CDT Wed Aug 6 2025

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

.DISCUSSION...

Morning fog and low clouds are expected to dissolve by the planned
ignition time. A mostly sunny day is then expected with a high
temperature around 85. Humidity will still be around 75 to 80
percent at ignition time, slowly falling to around 45 to 50
percent late in the afternoon. Winds will become westerly around
10 mph late this morning through the afternoon, with a few gusts
up to 20 mph.

Quiet weather is expected overnight with winds becoming lighter
and turning to the south-southeast. Humidity should recover to
near 100 percent overnight. Thursday will be warmer and more
humid, with southeast winds around 5 to 10 mph. Chances for
thunderstorms increase in the afternoon. Some storms may be
severe.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 10 mph, with gusts up to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 15 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (20800 knot-ft) in the morning increasing to
                    good (67400 knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   1   2   4   3   2   2   6
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....FOG
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............67  69  73  75  76  79  82  82
RH..............87  78  66  60  58  50  44  46
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   9   10  10  10  9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.14  17  17  19  18  18  17  15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 2.3 3.0 3.4 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.15  16  16  17  18  17  17  17
Dispr kt-ft/1K..21  32  43  52  65  65  67  67

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................2 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 to 10 mph in the evening,
                    shifting to the south-southeast around 5 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 to 15 mph in the evening,
                    shifting to the south around 5 to 10 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (52600 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2500 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   2   2   5   10  14  16  26  28  42  30  25
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   10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............83  84  82  79  76  74  73  73  69  69  68  66
RH..............44  44  51  54  58  64  64  64  73  73  76  78
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   SW  S   S   SE  SE  S   S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..7   6   5   5   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.14  12  10  8   8   7   8   8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...4.4 3.4 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.14  12  6   6   6   7   7   6   8   7   7   7
Dispr kt-ft/1K..53  34  6   3   3   4   4   3   4   4   4   4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................3 percent increasing to 33 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Chance of thunder...37 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 to 10 mph. Gusty
                    and erratic winds possible near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph in the morning
                    increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (73700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........17  32  24  23  24  27  31  34  37  41  44  48
Weather cov.....                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   30  30  30  30  30
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  40  40  40  40  40
Chc of thdr (%).0   10  10  10  10  10  10  40  40  40  40  40
Temp............65  65  63  67  74  77  80  82  84  85  85  84
RH..............84  84  97  90  74  69  65  58  57  55  55  57
20 FT wind dir..SE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   6   7   8   9   9   10  10
20 FT wind gust.8   8   9   10  11  13  14  15  17  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.9 2.5 3.2 3.8 4.0 3.7
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E
Transp wind spd.8   9   8   7   7   9   10  12  14  15  18  23
Dispr kt-ft/1K..4   5   4   5   6   11  17  25  37  51  65  74

$$
Forecaster...HOLLAN
Requested by...Robert Miller
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/06/25
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.EMAIL romiller@nd.gov