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Spot Forecast for Cedar Lake Rx...ND Game & Fish Dept
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
858 AM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on October 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly cloudy and mostly dry conditions are expected today through
tonight, although a brief sprinkle or shower is possible this
evening and overnight. For this afternoon, a high temperature of
59 degrees is expected with a minimum relative humidity value of
33 percent. Relative humidity is expected to recover to around 73
percent tonight before dropping back down to around 41 percent
Friday afternoon. Light northerly winds of around 5 to 10 mph are
on tap for this afternoon before becoming light and variable this
evening. Later tonight, winds will remain light while taking up a
southeasterly component. These winds will increase through the day
Friday becoming sustained out of the southeast at around 15 to 20
mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......1 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light northerly winds around 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (41200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........69  71  73  75  74  73  72  71
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  54  56  56  57  57  57  57
RH..............56  47  38  34  33  33  33  33
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..4   4   5   5   5   5   4   4
20 FT wind gust.6   7   9   10  9   8   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.6 2.6 3.8 4.4 5.2 5.1 4.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.10  10  12  10  10  9   7   6
Dispr kt-ft/1K..7   15  26  34  39  41  31  22

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......5 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable becoming southeast around 5
mph after midnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 5 mph shifting to the east 5 to 7
                    mph in the evening, then shifting to the
                    southeast 8 to 16 mph late in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft).

TIME (MDT)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........71  70  72  74  81  85  81  81  79  78  76  77
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   5
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............55  53  50  49  47  45  45  44  43  43  43  42
RH..............37  39  46  50  56  60  60  65  67  67  73  73
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   6   7
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   6   5   6   5   6   8   10  12
Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7
Transp wind dir.N   E   SE  E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.5   5   6   6   7   8   8   9   10  13  14  16
Dispr kt-ft/1K..15  5   3   3   3   4   4   4   6   6   6   9

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Decreasing clouds becoming sunny late in the
afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30
                    mph.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 17 to 26 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (9400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (56400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........77  78  76  74  71  70  69  67  68  68  72  48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............42  42  42  47  52  55  58  60  63  65  66  67
RH..............73  73  73  65  56  53  47  46  43  41  43  42
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   10  12  14  16  17  18  20  18  16  15  14
20 FT wind gust.14  15  18  20  22  25  27  30  28  25  22  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.0 2.6 2.7 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.2
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.17  18  22  23  25  26  25  23  22  21  20  17
Dispr kt-ft/1K..11  9   16  23  37  45  56  53  50  56  54  47

$$
Forecaster...TELKEN
Requested by...Judd Jasmer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/01/26
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.EMAIL jjasmer@nd.gov