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Spot Forecast for Turtle Lake 2...Usfws
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
631 AM CDT Tue Jun 10 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on June 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front will push through the burn site early this morning,
with southwesterly winds will shifting towards the north, increasing to
around 12 to 15 mph with gusts to 20 mph. A few light rain showers may
pass over the burn site this morning. Otherwise, quiet weather is expected
with minimum humidity values dip into the lower 30s. Tonight, winds will
shift towards the east through the night, with easterly winds expected on
Wednesday.

.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Slight chance of
                    morning rain showers. Areas of smoke in the late
                    morning and afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light southwest winds becoming west 5 to 8 mph early in
                    the morning, then shifting to the north 12 to
                    15 mph mid to late morning. Gusts to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph increasing to north 16
                    to 24 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor early in the morning increasing to good in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51  53  51  35  28  29  28  34  31  31  32
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW  SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   20  20  20  0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  63  66  67  71  73  75  77  78  79  78
RH..............57  54  53  54  46  43  38  36  36  32  34
20 FT wind dir..SW  W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..3   5   8   12  13  14  14  15  13  12  12
20 FT wind gust.6   9   14  19  19  20  20  20  20  19  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.7 3.2 3.7 4.3 4.5
Transp wind dir.SW  W   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.10  10  16  21  24  24  21  20  20  20  18


.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Areas of smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 12 mph shifting to the
                    east around 5 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 16 mph shifting to the east 9 to 10
                    mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good early in the evening decreasing to poor
                    by late evening.

.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Areas of smoke early in the
                    morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair.

$$
Forecaster...SCHILD
Requested by...Mireles
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2515642.0/BIS
.DELDT 06/10/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Dustin_mireles@fws.gov