Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
504
FNUS73 KBIS 130834
FWSBIS
Spot Forecast for Kindschi WPA...USFWS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
334 AM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on June 13.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Mainly clear skies and slightly cooler temperatures will be found today.
A breezy northwest wind will also be found today, with gusts this afternoon
approaching 25 mph. Afternoon humidity values look to drop into the upper 30s
today. Northwest winds will go on a diminishing trend this evening, then become
light and variable tonight. Mainly clear skies will continue, with low
temperatures near 50 degrees, and humidity recovery near 85 percent. Friday will
begin mainly sunny, with increasing clouds through the day. An isolated shower
or thunderstorm is then possible Friday afternoon. Light winds will become southerly
mid to late morning, and could become breezy in the afternoon. High temperatures
will be slightly warmer Friday, although humidity values should remain similar in the
mid to upper 30s.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to the northwest
with gusts to around 25 mph late morning through the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 22 mph increasing to northwest 20 to
30 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (81200 knot-ft) in the
late morning increasing to very good (118800
knot-ft) to excellent (183200 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Haines Index........5 to 6 or moderate to high potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0 1 0 2 2 6 9 8 9 6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............58 62 68 70 71 72 74 74 74 75
RH..............67 58 49 44 42 41 40 40 41 38
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..9 12 13 15 16 17 17 17 17 16
20 FT wind gust.15 18 20 21 22 24 25 25 24 24
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.4 2.9 3.9 4.9 6.3 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.3
Transp wind dir.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.14 18 21 24 28 30 30 30 29 26
Haines index....6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Dispr kt-ft/1K..6 22 51 81 119 169 183 182 165 145
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to
5 to 10 mph late in the evening, then becoming
light and variable overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 25 mph decreasing to around 10
mph late in the evening. Winds switching to west
southwest 5 to 10 mph late at night.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good (120700 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (32100 knot-ft) late in the
night decreasing to poor (1800 knot-ft) in the
late evening and overnight.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........6 5 12 18 7 6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............74 71 62 58 55 52
RH..............40 44 62 72 80 86
20 ft wind......NW 15 NW 10 NW 6 W 4 W 3 SW 3
20 ft wind gust.21 17 11 8 6 6
Mix hgt (ft)....5700 2100 400 400 400 400
Transport wind..NW 24 NW 17 N 10 NW 9 W 7 W 6
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4
Dispr kt-ft/1K..121 32 4 3 3 2
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly sunny. Slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south southeast 6 to 12 mph in the
late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph increasing to south 10 to
20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (75200 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........1 3 22 45
Weather cov..... S CHC
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ ISO
CWR.............0 0 0 5
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 20
LAL.............1 1 1 2
Temp............51 62 73 77
RH..............86 67 45 40
20 FT wind......SW 4G6 S 4G8 S 7G11 S 10G14
Mix hgt (ft)....400 1300 4300 5000
Transport wind..SW 7 SW 7 S 8 S 15
Haines index....4 3 4 4
Dispr kt-ft/1K..3 8 30 63
$$
Forecaster...ANGLIN
Requested by...Mireles
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 06/13/24
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.EMAIL Dustin_mireles@fws.gov