433 FNUS73 KBIS 101118 FWSBIS Spot Forecast for Belcourt Fires...NDDES Watch Center National Weather Service Bismarck ND 618 AM CDT Sat May 10 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on May 10. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... Today will be mostly sunny and breezy, with south winds around 20 mph gusting to 31 mph. Minimum relative humidities will drop to around 20 percent in the afternoon. High temperatures will warm to the mid 80s. Tonight minimum relative humidities will recover to 50 percent, with a low temperature of 60. Winds will start to calm down some around 6pm with southwest wind around 16 mph gust to 24 mph. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. Chance of thunder...9 percent. Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........21 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 20mph with gusts to around 31 mph. Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 28 to 35 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (27900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to very good (122900 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........51 41 26 17 13 9 12 16 12 8 Weather cov.....SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Chc of thdr (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Temp............47 52 57 62 65 69 73 76 79 81 RH..............45 39 33 28 26 23 21 22 21 21 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..17 19 20 20 21 20 19 19 18 17 20 FT wind gust.25 26 28 30 31 30 28 28 26 26 Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.4 2.0 2.4 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.7 4.3 5.1 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S SW Transp wind spd.28 30 32 33 35 31 30 29 29 28 Dispr kt-ft/1K..28 36 56 70 84 80 86 93 107 123 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Chance of thunder...10 percent. Min temperature.....Around 61. Max humidity........46 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 16 mph with gusts to around 24 mph. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 18 to 26 mph decreasing to 15 to 23 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Very good (133200 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to fair (58500 knot-ft) late in the night decreasing to poor (7500 knot-ft) early in the evening. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........17 38 38 27 33 28 27 46 56 68 72 53 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of thdr (%).10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............82 81 78 73 70 69 67 67 65 65 64 63 RH..............22 24 28 35 38 39 43 43 45 45 46 46 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..16 14 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 20 FT wind gust.24 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Mix hgt (kft)...5.8 3.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 Transp wind dir.SW SW S S S S S S SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.26 21 18 15 20 22 23 23 21 21 20 20 Dispr kt-ft/1K..133 59 14 8 9 9 11 11 9 9 9 8 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of thunder...1 percent. Max temperature.....Around 92. Min humidity........15 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 11 to 15 mph with gusts to around 22 mph. Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 17 to 26 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5500 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (74600 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to very good (112900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (150900 knot-ft) in the afternoon late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........39 39 24 26 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............63 70 83 90 RH..............46 34 22 16 20 FT wind......SW 12G18 SW 13G19 S 14G20 S 15G22 Mix hgt (ft)....400 800 2000 5200 Transport wind..SW 17 SW 20 SW 18 SW 25 Dispr kt-ft/1K..6 13 31 113 $$ Forecaster...SMITH Requested by...Watch Center Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2513650.0/BIS .DELDT 05/10/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL watchcenter@nd.gov