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Spot Forecast for Minot Rx 2025...USFWS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
640 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Clear skies and generally light southerly winds are expected to
start the day today, with cloud coverage gradually increasing
through the middle of the day. Minimum relative humidity values
in the afternoon will be around 22 percent, with a high
temperature of 65 degrees. There is a slight chance for some
rain late in the afternoon and early evening hours as well. Winds
then shift northerly later this evening, maintaining speeds around
5 to 10 mph through the night, where humidity values will recover to
around 89 percent, and temperatures drop to around 37 degrees.
Monday will see roughly the same high temperature as Sunday, with
northerly winds shifting easterly in the afternoon. Minimum
relative humidity values are expected to be around 32 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Slight chance of rain late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    northwest late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 13 mph shifting to the northwest
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (77900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10  13  22  14  46  50  55  61  72  83
Weather cov.....                                    SCH
Weather type....                                    RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  20
Temp............37  41  48  53  56  60  62  63  64  63
RH..............55  52  43  37  34  28  25  23  22  24
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   W   NW  N
20 FT wind spd..5   6   9   8   8   7   8   7   8   10
20 FT wind gust.10  11  14  14  14  13  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.1 1.5 3.0 4.4 5.5 6.2 7.1 5.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  W   NW
Transp wind spd.13  13  12  9   10  12  12  12  13  12
Dispr kt-ft/1K..5   6   11  12  27  44  55  62  78  59

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy, becoming partly cloudy late.
                    Slight chance of rain early in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 37.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 10 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (52200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........88        91        88        69
Weather cov.....S CHC
Weather type....RAIN      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of pcpn (%).20        10        10        0
Temp............62        52        46        42
RH..............27        47        63        76
20 FT wind......N 9G14    N 9G14    NE 8G14   N 7G12
Mix hgt (ft)....5200      800       600       500
Transport wind..NW 12     N 16      N 14      N 12
Dispr kt-ft/1K..52        11        7         5

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny, becoming mostly cloudy late.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 65.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the east 10
                    to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southeast
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (69900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........36           25           51
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of pcpn (%).0            0            10
Temp............39           49           61
RH..............82           61           35
20 FT wind......N 7G13       NE 9G14      E 11G18
Mix hgt (ft)....400          1600         4800
Transport wind..N 10         NE 12        E 15
Dispr kt-ft/1K..4            16           60

$$
Forecaster...BESSON
Requested by...Bela Harrington
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511084.0/BIS
.DELDT 04/20/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bela_harrington@fws.gov