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Spot Forecast for Minor RX...Usfws
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
555 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on October 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Today will be mostly sunny with a high of 59. Winds today will
start off light with a northernly direction this morning, then
becoming sustained around 10 mph from the south in the afternoon
with gusts near 17 mph. Afternoon relative humidities will be
as low as 45 percent.

Tonight, south winds will increase to be sustained around 13 mph,
and gusting near 23 mph. Overnight lows will drop to 40 with a
relative humidity value of 92 percent. Wednesday will be 71 degrees
with an afternoon relative humidity of 46 percent. South winds will be
around 19 mph, gusting near 30 mph.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North light winds in the morning becoming south
at 10 mph with gusts to 17 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 mph shifting to the south 15
mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft).


TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   6   12  3   0   0   1   1   2   1   1   1
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  33  32  32  38  42  45  49  53  56  57  58
RH..............78  82  86  92  73  62  58  54  48  45  45  45
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  E   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..4   5   6   7   8   9   10  10  10  11  11  10
20 FT wind gust.7   7   8   9   9   11  13  13  15  17  17  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.5 3.2 3.6 3.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   NE  E   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  11  11  12  13  14  15  15
Dispr kt-ft/1K..3   3   2   2   4   9   12  15  23  29  36  38

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 13 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4000 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   2   4   7   9   7   7   9   5   6   6   9
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............57  54  51  46  45  44  43  43  42  42  42  41
RH..............47  55  63  76  79  79  82  82  82  82  82  86
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   7   8   9   9   9   10  13  13  14  13  15
20 FT wind gust.11  11  12  14  15  15  17  17  20  22  23  24
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  10  12  13  15  15  15  16  16  16  16  16
Dispr kt-ft/1K..18  4   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 19 mph with gusts to around
                    30 mph.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 19 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (66700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   8   14  4   0   0   1   2   2   1   1   1
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............42  41  40  44  50  55  60  64  67  69  70  70
RH..............82  86  92  86  71  64  58  52  49  47  46  46
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..12  12  13  14  14  15  15  16  17  19  18  17
20 FT wind gust.20  20  20  21  22  24  24  24  25  29  29  27
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.8 3.2 2.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.16  16  17  17  20  22  23  23  24  24  24  22
Dispr kt-ft/1K..7   7   8   10  17  26  35  43  52  59  67  45

$$
Forecaster...SMITH
Requested by...Michael Miller
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523033.1/BIS
.DELDT 10/07/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Michael_a_miller@fws.gov