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Spot Forecast for Audubon west...Usfws
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1104 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on June 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly dry conditions are expected for today with a 20 percent
chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm tonight. Mostly
sunny to partly cloudy skies are expected overall today. However,
passing mid to high clouds may result in mostly cloudy skies
early this afternoon for a couple hours. Light westerly winds of
around 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph are expected this
afternoon before becoming light and variable tonight. The high
today should be around 78 with a minimum relative humidity of 39
percent, while recoveries tonight should be at 90 percent or
higher. For Friday, other than perhaps in the early morning, dry
conditions with mostly sunny skies are expected. Highs are
forecast to reach 82 degrees with minimum relative humidity
dropping down to around 31 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (38900 knot-ft) late in the morning
                    rapidly increasing to good (81200 knot-ft)
in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........35  45  50  57  47  50  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............68  70  71  72  75  76  76
RH..............63  57  53  47  40  40  40
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   10  10  9   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.10  12  15  15  15  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 4.8 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.13  15  16  15  14  15  14
Dispr kt-ft/1K..39  63  81  75  70  74  65

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Increasing clouds becoming mostly cloudy
overnight. Slight chance of showers and
possibly a thunderstorm.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 14 mph gradually shifting
to the northeast to around 5 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (61500 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2000 knot-ft) overnight.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........36     53     71     71     70     54
Weather cov.....                            S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      10     10
Chc of pcpn (%).0      10     10     10     20     20
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      10     10
Temp............76     74     64     60     58     56
RH..............40     43     63     75     83     90
20 ft wind......NW 6   NW 4   NE 3   NE 3   NE 3   SW 3
20 ft wind gust.11     8      6      6      7      6
Mix hgt (ft)....5100   2600   500    400    300    400
Transport wind..W 14   NW 9   N 6    NE 8   E 8    E 7
Dispr kt-ft/1K..62     21     2      3      2      2

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Becoming mostly sunny by mid morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent early in the morning.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......8100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 13 mph increasing to 15 to 17 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft) in the morning increasing
to very good (121800 knot-ft) in the afternoon
late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........44           17           14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10           0            0
Chc of pcpn (%).10           0            0
Chc of thdr (%).10           0            0
Temp............55           67           76
RH..............93           65           42
20 FT wind......W 3G6        SW 4G9       W 7G14
Mix hgt (ft)....300          1500         7300
Transport wind..W 6          W 9          W 16
Dispr kt-ft/1K..2            12           103

$$
Forecaster...TELKEN
Requested by...D. Mireles
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2614966.0/BIS
.DELDT 06/04/26
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.EMAIL dustin_mireles@fws.gov