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Spot Forecast for Minot Rx 2025...USFWS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
853 AM CDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly cloudy and seasonably cool at the burn site today,
with a low chance for an isolated snow or rain shower through mid
afternoon. There could be some breaks in the clouds at various
points, with the burn site area on the edge of a low cloud deck,
but low confidence in when and if this would occur until much later
in the day. Winds will be from the north-northwest, sustained up
to 15 mph this afternoon with gusts up to 25 mph. Minimum relative
humidity will bottom out around 39 percent this afternoon, with a
high temperature around 45 degrees.

Skies will clear more this evening and overnight, with a low temperature
around 24 degrees tonight, winds becoming light and variable, and
humidity recovering to around 78 percent.

Warmer and drier weather is expected on Saturday, with mostly clear
skies and a high temperature around 58 degrees. Winds will be from the
south-southeast at 10 to 15 mph, with gusts to 20 mph possible. It will
be much drier on Saturday, with minimum relative humidity dropping to
around 20 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Isolated snow showers in the
                    late morning and early afternoon. Isolated rain
                    showers early in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North-northwest around 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 13 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (13400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (82900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........89  91  85  80  73  66  60  56  59  64  64
Weather cov.....        ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Weather type....        SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  RS  RS
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  0   0
Temp............30  31  32  34  36  37  39  40  41  42  42
RH..............88  85  82  75  66  56  50  46  43  41  41
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..9   10  11  12  12  12  13  13  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.14  15  15  18  20  20  20  21  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.5 2.1 2.6 3.5 4.4 4.9 5.4 5.8 6.1 5.9
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.13  14  14  14  15  15  15  15  15  15  16
Dispr kt-ft/1K..13  18  25  32  45  57  64  70  76  79  83

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 24.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20
                    mph in the evening, then becoming light.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest
                    5 to 7 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (76700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........59  63  57  35  28  27  18  15  15  8   9   9
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
Temp............42  41  39  36  34  32  31  29  29  28  27  26
RH..............39  43  44  52  56  61  63  72  69  68  74  78
20 FT wind dir..NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  SW
20 FT wind spd..12  12  10  8   6   5   4   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.20  19  15  13  10  8   6   5   5   5   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...5.9 5.4 4.1 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.NW  N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.15  14  13  9   7   7   7   7   6   5   6   7
Dispr kt-ft/1K..77  65  45  7   4   4   3   3   2   2   2   2

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south-southeast at 10
to 15 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the south 18
                    to 20 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (96600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........9         4         2         2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of pcpn (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............26        33        47        55
RH..............74        61        36        24
20 FT wind......S 4G6     S 6G11    SSE 10G15 SSE 14G20
Mix hgt (ft)....300       1100      4100      5400
Transport wind..S 8       SW 9      SW 12     S 16
Dispr kt-ft/1K..2         9         41        76

$$
Forecaster...JONES
Requested by...Bla Harrington
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511000.0/BIS
.DELDT 04/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bela_harrington@fws.gov