Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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572 FNUS73 KBIS 141203 FWSBIS 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