Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
780 FNUS73 KBIS 291951 FWSBIS Spot Forecast for Gained...TNC National Weather Service Bismarck ND 251 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 CDT on April 29. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Skies will continue to clear at the burn site over the next hour, with clear skies thereafter. The temperature and humidity forecast remains a bit tricky given this area is right on the cusp of the clearing, but temperatures are still expected to warm with humidity dropping. Winds will remain quite light and variable through the remainder of the afternoon. Smoke dispersal will be poor given the light transport winds. Quiet weather is expected tonight. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Clouds diminishing over the next hour, then mostly sunny. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 55. Min humidity........55 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Variable at less than 5 mph. Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........35 30 CWR.............0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 LAL.............1 1 Temp............51 55 RH..............60 55 20 FT wind dir..VRB VRB 20 FT wind spd..3 3 20 FT wind gust.8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 3.2 Transp wind dir.NW NW Transp wind spd.7 7 Haines index....2 2 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy in the evening then increasing clouds late. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 37. Max humidity........96 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 7 mph in the evening increasing to around 7 to 12 mph by very early morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor. Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...SCHILD Requested by...Chris Gordon Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412710.0/BIS .DELDT 04/29/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Chris_gordon@tnc.org