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Spot Forecast for 2025 Buffalo Gap Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
634 AM CST Thu Feb 6 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MST on February 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Sunny today with west winds gusting around 20 mph. High temperature
will be 11. Winds will begin to calm after 3pm MT down to around 6 mph
by the overnight.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 11 above.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 14 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 20 to 30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (40500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........16  4   5   5   6   4   17  14  5   7
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
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............-9  -6  0   1   4   7   9   10  10  10
RH..............63  65  68  68  62  63  60  57  57  60
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..12  12  13  14  14  14  14  12  11  9
20 FT wind gust.20  20  20  22  23  24  23  21  20  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.3
Transp wind dir.NW  W   NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.21  22  25  26  28  25  24  25  23  20
Dispr kt-ft/1K..11  12  22  29  40  40  39  41  35  22

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 3 below.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2300 knot-ft).

TIME (MST)      5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM
Sky (%).........7   8   23  29  37  54  62  65  66  62  69  76
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............8   6   3   2   2   1   0   0   -1  0   1   -2
RH..............63  66  72  75  72  75  79  79  83  83  79  87
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   7   6   6   5   5   5   4   4   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.12  11  10  10  9   9   9   8   7   7   6   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.13  12  13  13  13  13  12  10  9   9   9   7
Dispr kt-ft/1K..6   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   3   3   3   2

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the afternoon.
CWR.................8 percent.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 14.
Min humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 9 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast
                    6 to 8 mph in the late morning and early
                    afternoon, then shifting to the east 12 to 17
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft).

TIME (MST)      5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM
Sky (%).........86  89  84  81  81  85  89  88  87  86  88  89
Weather cov.....                        CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                        SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   40  40  40  40  40  40
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............1   1   1   2   4   6   8   10  12  13  13  12
RH..............75  75  79  79  75  75  76  73  71  70  73  79
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  SW  SW  S   SE  E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
20 FT wind gust.4   4   4   4   5   6   8   9   10  11  12  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3
Transp wind dir.NW  W   NW  N   N   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   5   6   8   8   8   12  15  16  17
Dispr kt-ft/1K..2   2   2   2   3   6   7   9   13  19  20  20

$$
Forecaster...SMITH
Requested by...Dawson Glock
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2502333.0/BIS
.DELDT 02/06/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dawson.glock@usda.gov