Belcourt, North Dakota 7 Day Weather Forecast

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AFDBIS

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
608 AM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Dense fog has developed over portions of southwestern and
  south central North Dakota, therefore issued a Dense Fog
  Advisory until 10 am CDT/9 am MDT.

- 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms southwest to 90
  percent chance northeast on Saturday. A few strong to severe
  thunderstorms are possible over south central and eastern
  North Dakota.

- Breezy to very windy conditions this weekend into Monday with
  the strongest winds on Sunday.

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.UPDATE...
Issued at 608 AM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025

Added Oliver and Stutsman counties to the Dense Fog Advisory.
The coverage and depth of dense fog seems a little more
questionable in Stutsman County, but enough webcams shows thick
fog to add it anyways. Conditions will likely improve there
quicker than other parts of the advisory.

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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 439 AM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025

Fog has developed over most of the southern half of the state,
with dense fog in portions of southwestern and south central ND.
Therefore, issued a Dense Fog Advisory until 10 am CDT/9 am
MDT. There is a greater than zero chance the advisory may need
to be expanded another tier of counties over the next hour or
two, so will continue to monitor for ever changing conditions.

Once fog dissipates by mid to late morning, expect mostly clear
skies and dry conditions. Or at least, mostly clear skies in
regard to cloud cover. Another round of elevated smoke is
working its way across the state from north to south and will
likely produce milky looking skies again for most of the state,
most of the day. Any smoke should remain elevated today through
Saturday morning. However, with a passing cold frontal boundary,
near-surface smoke will likely return to the northwest starting
Saturday afternoon while advancing southeastward through
Saturday night.

Speaking of the cold fropa, Saturday afternoon and evening will
be the next best chance for showers and thunderstorms. A few
thunderstorms may be severe. At this time, the primary threat
appears to be winds up to 60 mph and ping pong ball size hail.
One of the questions is the timing of any forcing. It appears
that the front itself will pass through the forecast area rather
quickly... by mid-afternoon. For the frontal passage, marginal
bulk shear vectors at around 30 to 35 kts appear more
perpendicular to the front. This could favor some discrete
cell development, though with only marginal shear, the potential
of these cells may be limited. However, a trailing secondary
surface trough may contain higher bulk shear closer to the 40
to 50 kt range with MUCAPE values around 1500 J/kg (these MUCAPE
values are similar to the initial fropa). Unlike the initial
fropa, bulk shear vectors should be a few clicks closer to
parallel with the forcing, which would favor a more cluster or
linear development. All this combined, believe the biggest
threats are as mentioned with winds up to 60 mph and hail up the
size of ping pong balls. Any larger hail would be highly
conditional (definitely not impossible) based on the ingredients
aligning a little better than mentioned here.

For Sunday, very windy conditions are expected, along with
residual shower chances mainly north and east, with thunderstorm
chances east. Precipitation chances will end from west to east
Sunday night through Monday with breezy conditions persisting.
Dry conditions are then expected Monday night through Tuesday as
winds become light once again. The latter half of the workweek
will feature periodic shower and thunderstorm chances.

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.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 608 AM CDT Fri Jun 6 2025

Fog is present over most of the southern half of North Dakota
with dense fog over much of the south central and parts of the
southwest and southeast. KBIS is the terminal most impacted,
though KJMS has also been reporting 1/4 SM visibility for a
while. Dense fog near KJMS is less widespread and relatively
shallow so will likely clear up fairly quick this morning. Once
any fog dissipates, expect mostly light winds and VFR
conditions through the period.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Dense Fog Advisory until 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ this morning for
NDZ020-034>037-041-042-044>047.

&&

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