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Spot Forecast for G 6/7 RX...Usfws
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
312 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Clearing skies and quiet weather are expected at the burn site today,
with a northwest wind. Winds shift towards the west tonight and remain
westerly into Sunday morning before shifting southwest. Lower humidity
values are expected on Sunday, dipping to around 20 percent in the
afternoon.

.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy in the early morning becoming sunny by
                    late morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 14 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 17 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good.
Haines Index........3 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 (%).........10  11  7   5   4   8   3   3
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............33  35  39  42  44  45  47  47
RH..............56  49  40  33  30  28  26  27
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..15  14  14  14  15  15  16  16
20 FT wind gust.                    20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 3.2 3.7 4.2 4.8 5.3 5.7 5.9
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.18  18  17  17  17  20  20  20
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4


.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 27.
Max humidity........61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 16 mph decreasing to around 7
                    mph overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 20 mph decreasing to around 10 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 11 mph  in the morning shifting to the
                    southwest 12 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 16 mph shifting to the southwest 17
                    to 18 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...SCHILD
Requested by...Dustin Mireles
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411472.0/BIS
.DELDT 04/20/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Dustin_mireles@fws.gov