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Spot Forecast for Minot pile 2025...USFWS
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
344 PM CST Fri Mar 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 CST on March 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Quiet weather is expected for this coming weekend, with dry
weather and mild temperatures forecast. A steady westerly wind is
expected, with minimum percent afternoon relative humidity in the
mid 40s.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 13 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 20 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (16500 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........22  20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............45  44
RH..............47  49
20 FT wind dir..W   W
20 FT wind spd..14  13
20 FT wind gust.17  15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.0
Transp wind dir.W   W
Transp wind spd.21  20
Dispr kt-ft/1K..28  17

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 28 mph
                    early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 18 to 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7000 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........25  14  5   14  22  38  44  55  67  73  69  67
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............43  40  35  34  34  33  33  33  32  32  31  30
RH..............51  57  66  66  64  63  63  66  69  72  75  78
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  12  13  14  15  14  14  13  12  12
20 FT wind gust.14  15  19  20  20  22  24  22  22  20  20  20
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 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.20  18  20  20  20  21  20  18  18  20  18  18
Dispr kt-ft/1K..10  7   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   8   7   7

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 9 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5900 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........58        18        13        7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............31        33        43        49
RH..............75        69        53        46
20 FT wind......W 12G19   W 10G18   W 11G19   W 11G19
Mix hgt (ft)....500       500       1300      1700
Transport wind..W 17      W 16      W 16      W 17
Dispr kt-ft/1K..7         7         19        26

$$
Forecaster...HEINERT
Requested by...Bela Harrington
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505301.0/BIS
.DELDT 03/07/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Bela_Harrington@fws.gov