Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
449
FNUS73 KBIS 301350
FWSBIS
Spot Forecast for Cedar Lake Rx...ND Game & Fish Dept
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
850 AM CDT Wed Sep 30 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on September 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Winds are forecast to be out of the west around 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 25 by this afternoon. Minimum relative humidity is
forecast to drop down around 35 percent by the late afternoon. Tonight
temperatures are forecast to drop down into the 40s which will
cause overnight recoveries to be good around 72 percent. Winds will
decrease to around 5-12 mph shifting out of the northwest to north.
Tomorrow winds are forecast to be around 5 to 10 mph back out of the west
by the afternoon with the minimum relative humidity dropping down to
around 35 percent by tomorrow afternoon.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 14 mph with gusts to around 24
mph shifting to the northwest 16 to 17 mph with
gusts to around 26 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 22 mph increasing to 23 to 25 mph
late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8100 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (86900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to very good (111200
knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to
excellent (153500 knot-ft) in the afternoon
late in the afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........10 10 10 1 1 9 17 20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............59 64 68 71 72 73 73 72
RH..............57 49 40 36 35 34 34 35
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W NW
20 FT wind spd..6 8 12 13 14 16 17 17
20 FT wind gust.10 14 20 22 24 26 26 26
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.7 3.1 4.6 5.6 6.8 7.0 6.4
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.13 16 20 22 23 25 25 24
Dispr kt-ft/1K..8 24 53 87 111 149 154 133
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 42.
Max humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph shifting to the north 5 to 9 mph
late in the evening, then becoming light after
3 am.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 13 to 22 mph shifting to the north 10
to 16 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (92700 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (4500 knot-ft) late in the
night.
TIME (MDT) 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........22 25 36 30 31 31 32 32 31 29 26 26
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............70 67 62 58 55 52 51 50 48 47 46 45
RH..............38 43 52 60 66 71 68 71 74 74 76 73
20 FT wind dir..NW NW N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..15 13 11 11 10 9 7 6 6 5 4 4
20 FT wind gust.25 21 20 18 17 14 13 12 10 10 9 8
Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.22 18 14 13 15 16 16 16 15 13 12 10
Dispr kt-ft/1K..93 28 10 6 7 9 10 9 9 7 6 5
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
Slight chance of rain showers late in the
afternoon.
CWR.................6 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 6 mph late
in the afternoon, then shifting to the west
around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3600 knot-ft).
TIME (MDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........34 44 71 64 69 77 82 83 96 96 93 96
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 20
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............43 42 42 46 51 53 55 56 56 56 55 55
RH..............73 73 73 65 52 46 40 37 35 37 38 38
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N NW NW NW W
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 5
20 FT wind gust.7 6 5 6 6 8 8 9 9 9 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.9 2.5 3.4 3.4 4.2 3.8 2.6
Transp wind dir.N N N N NE NE N NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.9 9 8 7 7 7 6 7 8 9 9 9
Dispr kt-ft/1K..4 4 5 5 7 12 13 20 24 34 30 21
$$
Forecaster...JOHNSON
Requested by...Judd Jasmer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 09/30/26
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.EMAIL jjasmer@nd.gov