FNUS73 KBIS 061940
FWSBIS

Spot Forecast for Bale Fire South of Lincoln...Bismarck Rural
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
240 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 CDT on April 06. 
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A back door cold front sliding into the area will lead to winds shifting
towards this northeast late this afternoon into this evening, becoming
east to southeast on Monday. Humidity values will drop to around 27 percent
this afternoon, and to around 29 percent Monday although temperatures will
be notably cooler behind the cold front. Winds may be gusty this 
afternoon with gusts to around 22 mph, with lighter winds expected over
the area on Monday. No precipitation is expected. 


.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 
Chance of thunder...0 percent. 
Max temperature.....Around 59. 
Min humidity........27 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 13 to 17 mph with gusts to 
                    22 mph shifting north-northeast in the late 
                    afternoon. 
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....North around 20 mph. 
Smoke dispersal.....Good (66800 knot-ft). 

TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM 
Sky (%).........6   3   3             
CWR.............0   0   0   
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   
Temp............57  58  56  
RH..............30  27  28  
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NNE   
20 FT wind spd..16  17  16  
20 FT wind gust.21  22  22  
Mix hgt (kft)...4.2 4.6 4.5 
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   
Transp wind spd.22  22  21  
 

.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 
Chance of thunder...0 percent. 
Min temperature.....Around 20. 
Max humidity........71 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 14 mph shifting to the 
                    east around 8 mph towards early morning. 
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northeast 17 to 20 mph decreasing to 8 to 17 
                    mph overnight. 
Smoke dispersal.....Good (66100 knot-ft) early in the evening 
                    decreasing to poor (7600 knot-ft). 

.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 
Chance of thunder...0 percent. 
Max temperature.....Around 43. 
Min humidity........29 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast 
                    8 to 11 mph late in the morning. Winds will then 
                    be southeast 9 to 14 through the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....East 7 to 9 mph shifting to the southeast 9 to 
                    15 mph in the afternoon. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor in the morning becoming fair in the afternoon. 

$$
Forecaster...SCHILD
Requested by...N/A
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2509002.0/BIS
.DELDT 04/06/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jeffrey.schild@noaa.gov, zachary.hargrove@noaa.gov