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Spot Forecast for DU 28...USFWS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
333 AM CDT Sun May 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

There is a 10 to 20 percent chance of light rain showers at the
burn site today, but a wetting rain is not expected at this time.
A mostly cloudy sky can be expected, with some clearing possible
later in the afternoon. A light and variable wind early this
morning will become east-southeast around 8 to 13 mph this
afternoon. Relative humidity should steadily remain in the 40 to
50 percent range from planned ignition time through the afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy, with decreasing clouds late in
                    the afternoon. Slight chance of showers.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East-southeast winds around 8 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East-southeast around 18 to 28 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (16500 knot-ft) in the morning increasing
                    to very good (100200 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........84  85  81  80  75  74  63  51
Weather cov.....            SCH     SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....            RW      RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  20  10  20  20  20
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............55  57  59  60  63  63  64  65
RH..............53  51  47  46  41  43  43  43
20 FT wind dir..SE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   8   10  12  12  12  13  13
20 FT wind gust.12  13  15  17  18  19  19  19
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.8 2.1 3.3 4.2 4.8 4.8 4.2
Transp wind dir.SE  E   E   SE  E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.15  20  22  28  26  24  22  20
Haines index....4   4   3   3   3   2   2   2
Dispr kt-ft/1K..17  31  40  80  96  100 91  71

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and
                    a slight chance of thunderstorms.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
LAL.................1 until 1900, then 2 until 0400, then 1.
Min temperature.....Around 44.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East-northeast winds around 8 to 12 mph in the
                    evening, shifting to the northwest around 5 to
                    10 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 15 to 20 mph early in the evening,
                    shifting to the north around 8 to 12 mph late
                    in the evening, then shifting to the northwest
                    around 10 mph late in the night.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (55900 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3700 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Haines Index........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 (%).........63     44     51     50     64     59
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of pcpn (%).30     30     30     20     20     20
LAL.............1      2      2      2      2      1
Temp............63     60     53     50     48     46
RH..............48     55     74     83     89     96
20 ft wind......E 12   E 11   NE 9   NE 8   NW 7   NW 7
20 ft wind gust.19     17     15     13     13     13
Mix hgt (ft)....3300   2500   700    600    500    900
Transport wind..E 20   E 16   NE 14  NE 10  N 8    N 10
Haines index....3      3      3      3      3      3
Dispr kt-ft/1K..56     35     8      5      4      8

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 12 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (93600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........47        44        46        61
Weather cov.....S CHC     S CHC     S CHC     S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of pcpn (%).20        20        20        20
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............45        49        58        62
RH..............96        86        58        45
20 FT wind......NW 8G13   NW 9G14   NW 10G15  NW 9G15
Mix hgt (ft)....600       1900      4500      5800
Transport wind..NW 12     NW 17     NW 20     W 18
Haines index....3         3         4         5
Dispr kt-ft/1K..6         28        76        93

$$
Forecaster...HOLLAN
Requested by...Dustin Mireles
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414622.0/BIS
.DELDT 05/19/24
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.EMAIL dustin_mireles@fws.gov