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Spot Forecast for Minot Fire School...NWS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
301 PM CST Fri Feb 27 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CST on February 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

At the burn site this afternoon, northwest winds are sustained
around 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph. Daily maximum temperatures
occurred earlier this morning, so expect temperatures to stay in the
teens through this afternoon before falling into the single digits
tonight. Chances for snow increase after midnight, peaking around 60
percent early Saturday morning before tapering off. Anywhere from a
trace to up to 2 inches of snow accumulation is expected. Winds shift
more northerly through this evening tonight before becoming more
northeasterly overnight into Saturday, and decreasing to be sustained
around 10 mph. Saturday will be mostly cloudy, with a high temperature
in the mid teens and minimum relative humidity in the mid 60 percent range.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 19.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Min apparent temp...-2.
Surface winds.......Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to
                    around 40 mph.

TIME (CST)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........57  70  78
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0
Temp............18  17  15
RH..............51  53  56
Aparnt tmp (F)..1   0   -2
Surface wnd dir.NW  NW  NW
Surface wnd spd.25  21  19
Surface wnd gst.38  32  28

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 5 above.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Min apparent temp...-5.
Surface winds.......North winds 12 to 18 mph with gusts to around
                    25 mph shifting to the northeast 8 to 12 mph
                    overnight.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........79  80  80  80  79  81  85  86  85  86  86  85
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                            SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   10  10  10  10  10  20  20  30  30  60
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............15  16  15  13  12  11  10  9   9   8   7   7
RH..............59  64  64  70  70  69  69  72  72  76  76  79
Aparnt tmp (F)..0   2   1   -1  -2  -3  -2  -3  -2  -3  -5  -5
Surface wnd dir.NW  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Surface wnd spd.15  14  13  12  12  12  8   8   7   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.24  22  20  18  18  16  14  13  13  13  13  12

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 14.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Min apparent temp...-7.
Surface winds.......Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph becoming light.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........82  80  77  83  70  73  71  61  56  60  60  64
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).60  60  40  40  30  20  20  10  10  0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............6   6   5   6   6   7   8   10  11  12  12  12
RH..............79  79  83  76  79  76  72  66  66  66  66  66
Aparnt tmp (F)..-6  -6  -7  -6  -6  -6  -4  -1  0   3   3   4
Surface wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N
Surface wnd spd.7   7   7   7   7   8   8   7   7   6   6   5
Surface wnd gst.13  12  12  13  13  14  14  13  12  10  10  8

$$
Forecaster...JONES
Requested by...chauncy schultz
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2604261.0/BIS
.DELDT 02/27/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL chauncy.schultz@noaa.gov