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Spot Forecast for Little Missouri...USFS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
617 AM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on August 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry and generally clear conditions are expected today. Highs in the 80s
will bring afternoon humidity values into the lower to mid 20s this
afternoon. Tonight, partly cloudy skies with humidity values in the 70s
are expected. Clouds then increase on Thursday, with warm temperatures
in the 80s, and afternoon humidity values in the mid upper 20s expected.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms may return to the fire area
Thursday night. Winds today will start light and variable. Late this
morning into the early afternoon hours winds will become east northeast
and remain light. A light easterly wind will then be found tonight.
Thursday is forecast to see a light east southeast wind.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable winds becoming northeast around 5 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west
                    around 5 mph late in the morning, then shifting
                    to the northeast 6 to 12 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (71400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........9   6   3   3   3   3   4   4   5   7   8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............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
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............52  54  59  67  73  78  81  83  84  85  85
RH..............83  80  71  61  48  38  30  27  26  25  25
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  N   NE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   2   2   3   4   4   4   5   5
20 FT wind gust.6   5   4   4   6   7   8   8   9   10  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.7 4.5 7.1 7.8 8.6 8.9 9.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  W   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.7   5   5   5   6   9   9   9   8   9   8
Dispr kt-ft/1K..4   3   2   4   8   36  57  63  60  71  64

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East northeast becoming east southeast winds
                    around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East southeast 6 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (72000 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (4100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........11  14  21  38  39  36  35  40  41  36  33  30
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............85  84  80  75  71  68  65  63  62  60  59  58
RH..............25  27  31  37  41  45  50  54  58  62  67  67
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.11  10  8   7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...8.8 8.0 1.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.9   10  10  9   8   8   8   10  9   8   7   7
Dispr kt-ft/1K..70  72  14  6   5   5   5   6   5   5   4   4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy with increasing clouds
                    in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......10000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (85300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........33  36  37  37  31  35  39  42  44  45  47  49
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............56  56  57  62  69  74  78  81  83  84  84  85
RH..............72  72  72  67  57  46  39  35  32  31  30  29
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   4   5   6   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.5   5   6   7   8   9   11  12  13  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 2.4 5.1 7.9 9.5 10  9.8 9.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   SE  SE  S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   6   8   9   10  10  10  9   9   9
Dispr kt-ft/1K..4   4   4   3   6   19  44  71  84  85  79  69

$$
Forecaster...ANGLIN
Requested by...David Kannas
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520626.1/BIS
.DELDT 08/27/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL d_kannas@yahoo.com,wbroyles@yahoo.com