Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
863 FNUS73 KBIS 281036 FWSBIS Spot Forecast for Malm WPA...USFWS National Weather Service Bismarck ND 536 AM CDT Tue May 28 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 28. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Surface high pressure will drift east across the region today, with north winds today becoming more south tonight. Chances for any precipitation will be minimal until Wednesday night through Thursday morning. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 61. Min humidity........47 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 12 mph. Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 12 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (23800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (64300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........25 22 30 35 46 44 50 33 29 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............50 53 55 57 57 58 60 60 60 RH..............83 71 64 57 57 53 49 49 47 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..10 10 11 11 12 11 11 10 10 20 FT wind gust.14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.8 3.6 4.4 4.7 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.9 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.14 15 16 16 15 15 14 13 12 Haines index....3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 Dispr kt-ft/1K..24 36 51 61 61 64 59 55 49 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 41. Max humidity........93 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast 6 to 8 mph overnight. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 12 mph shifting to the southeast around 13 mph after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (45700 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (3500 knot-ft) late in the night. Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........24 25 9 7 5 10 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............60 57 50 46 44 42 RH..............47 53 71 83 86 93 20 ft wind......NE 10 NE 8 E 7 E 7 SE 6 SE 7 20 ft wind gust.14 12 10 10 10 11 Mix hgt (ft)....4600 3000 500 400 400 400 Transport wind..N 12 NE 9 E 9 E 12 E 12 SE 13 Haines index....2 2 2 2 2 3 Dispr kt-ft/1K..46 24 4 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 69. Min humidity........43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 17 mph with gusts to around 24 mph increasing to 19 to 21 mph with gusts to around 27 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 13 to 22 mph shifting to the southeast 23 to 28 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (85300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........16 14 4 8 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 Temp............42 52 62 68 RH..............93 74 53 45 20 FT wind......S 9G13 S 13G18 SE 16G22 SE 20G26 Mix hgt (ft)....400 1400 2800 3500 Transport wind..S 13 S 17 SE 21 SE 25 Haines index....4 5 4 4 Dispr kt-ft/1K..4 21 51 76 $$ Forecaster...HEINERT Requested by...D. Mireles Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415176.0/BIS .DELDT 05/28/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Dustin_mireles@fws.gov