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FNUS73 KBIS 201048
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Spot Forecast for Minot Spring Rx 2024...US FWS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
548 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

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

.DISCUSSION...

Mainly sunny skies and quiet weather are expected at the burn site today,
with a northwest wind. Winds shift towards the west tonight, becoming southwest
early Sunday morning. Winds will gradually shift towards the south through the
afternoon. Lower humidity values are expected on Sunday, dipping to around
19 percent in the afternoon.

.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 16 mph in the morning increasing
                    to 15 to 19 mph with gusts to 24 mph.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 20 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor early in the morning
                    increasing to very good in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........28  20  11  3   4   5   3   3   3   3
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............23  27  34  38  41  43  45  47  49  50
RH..............81  68  51  44  37  33  32  28  26  28
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..7   10  13  15  16  15  16  16  17  19
20 FT wind gust.14  15  17  18  18  20  20  20  22  24
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.5 2.2 3.2 3.9 4.3 4.9 5.3 5.7 5.8
Transp wind dir.NW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.16  17  20  20  20  22  22  22  24  25

.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 27.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 16 mph shifting west and
                    decreasing to 5 to 10 mph in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 22 mph decreasing to around 12 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Decreasing to Poor.

.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 10 mph shifting southwest by
                    late morning. In the afternoon, winds will increase
                    to 7 to 13 mph becoming southerly by early evening.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 13 mph shifting to the southwest 14
                    to 22 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good.

$$
Forecaster...SCHILD
Requested by...Bela Harrington
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411399.1/BIS
.DELDT 04/20/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bela_harrington@fws.gov