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Spot Forecast for 2025 Pine RX...USFS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
603 AM CST Tue Jan 14 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MST on January 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Surface high pressure will drift east today, resulting in
southerly winds this morning, then westerly for the rest of the
day. Mainly dry weather will persist, with winds picking up on
Wednesday.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Isolated flurries early in the
                    morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 28.
Min humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 7 mph shifting to the west 6
                    to 9 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 7 mph shifting to the west 8 to
                    17 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft).
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MST)      5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........90  90  90  84  79  76  75  81  62  59  51  52
Weather cov.....ISO ISO ISO ISO
Weather type....SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............13  13  12  14  18  21  24  25  26  27  28  25
RH..............80  84  91  96  96  96  92  88  88  85  81  92
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   6   5   6   8   9   9   9   9   7
20 FT wind gust.9   9   10  10  8   10  13  14  14  14  13  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.4 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   6   8   12  13  15  16  17  15  10
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Dispr kt-ft/1K..3   3   3   3   4   10  15  21  24  25  18  7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 16.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4800 knot-ft).
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (MST)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........47  48  42  32  26  19  29  49  59  58  52  50
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
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............23  21  20  19  18  17  18  18  19  20  21  22
RH..............92  96  96  96  96  100 92  92  92  88  88  88
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   7   7   8
20 FT wind gust.9   8   7   7   7   8   8   9   10  10  12  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  12  13  13  12  12  13  14  14  15
Haines index....3   3   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   2   2   3
Dispr kt-ft/1K..5   5   5   5   6   6   5   6   6   7   7   8

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 39.
Min humidity........73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 9 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 29 mph
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 16 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8600 knot-ft).
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (MST)      5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........38  35  41  50  52  49  46  41  37  32  31  31
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
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............23  24  25  26  29  32  35  37  39  39  38  36
RH..............88  84  84  85  85  82  78  75  73  73  75  78
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   10  11  12  13  15  16  17  17  17  16  14
20 FT wind gust.13  15  17  18  20  21  24  25  25  25  22  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  W
Transp wind spd.16  18  18  18  20  22  24  25  25  24  23  21
Haines index....3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Dispr kt-ft/1K..9   11  12  14  17  22  28  29  30  30  24  19

$$
Forecaster...HEINERT
Requested by...Dawson Glock
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500401.1/BIS
.DELDT 01/14/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dawson.glock@usda.gov