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FNUS73 KBIS 211155
FWSBIS

Spot Forecast for Indian Creek East Rx...ND Game and Fish Dept
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
655 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on October 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly sunny/clear skies are expected today through Thursday.
Winds will start out light and variable this morning before
becoming steady out of the southeast at around 10 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph late this morning. These southeasterly winds will
then persist tonight through Thursday. For today, expect a high of
around 68 with a minimum relative humidity of 32 percent.
Recoveries of around 100 percent are expected tonight with
localized patchy fog not out of the question. A warmer day is then
expected on Thursday, though minimum relative humidity is
forecast to be a bit higher at around 38 percent.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable winds early this morning
becoming southeast at 10 mph with gusts up to
around 20 mph late this morning.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 9 mph shifting to the southeast
                    10 to 14 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft).

TIME (MDT)      5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........5   5   9   5   2   10  14  17  21  41  28  20
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............35  34  33  34  40  48  54  58  62  65  66  67
RH..............92  96  96  96  84  68  52  44  38  35  33  32
20 FT wind dir..NW  N   N   N   NE  E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   2   1   1   2   4   6   8   9   9   10  10
20 FT wind gust.7   6   5   5   6   8   11  13  14  15  18  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.9   8   8   7   7   10  10  12  13  13  13  14
Dispr kt-ft/1K..3   3   3   2   3   9   11  17  21  23  23  25

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 10 mph with gusts up
to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5500 knot-ft).

TIME (MDT)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........9   13  11  11  10  10  6   18  18  6   7   12
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............64  61  57  52  50  49  48  48  48  47  47  45
RH..............37  42  51  63  71  77  80  83  86  89  93  100
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  11  11  10
20 FT wind gust.17  15  17  19  20  20  20  19  20  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  12  14  15  16  17  16  17  17  17  17  17
Dispr kt-ft/1K..12  6   6   6   6   8   7   7   7   7   8   7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 10 mph with gusts up to
20 mph.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6500 knot-ft).

TIME (MDT)      5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........8   6   15  13  15  11  16  26  29  15  26  13
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............45  44  42  46  53  59  64  70  74  76  77  78
RH..............100 100 100 100 83  67  56  47  41  39  39  38
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
20 FT wind spd..10  9   9   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.18  18  18  17  15  18  20  20  19  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.1 2.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.17  16  15  15  15  17  17  18  16  15  16  15
Dispr kt-ft/1K..7   7   7   8   9   17  19  25  26  29  29  27

$$
Forecaster...TELKEN
Requested by...Judd Jasmer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/21/26
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.EMAIL jjasmer@nd.gov