####018005445#### FNUS73 KFGF 041127 FWSFGF Spot Forecast for Prairie Chicken RX...USFWS National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 627 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on May 04. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. Please call the NWS in Grand Forks at 701-795-5127 for additional information and monitor our website (www.weather.gov/fgf) or NOAA All-Hazards Radio for the latest updates. .DISCUSSION... Partly to mostly cloudy skies will linger through the day today. Additional showers are possible in the afternoon (20% chance). The main uncertainty will be with wind direction today. This morning will likely feature variable wind directions and sustained winds below 5 knots. By the afternoon, winds may be somewhere between southwesterly to northwesterly. Eventually, winds will settle on northwesterly sometime later in the afternoon, although when is too uncertain to tell. Winds will also be fairly light between 5 and 10 knots, with winds not peaking until late in the afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 55. Min humidity........61 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the northwest late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL. Mixing winds........West 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest around 15 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....2100 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 50500 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........53 57 59 63 70 70 79 80 80 71 66 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............37 40 44 48 50 52 52 53 53 53 54 RH..............96 92 87 79 73 70 69 66 66 65 61 20 FT wind dir..SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.7 8 9 9 11 11 13 13 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.2 2.2 3.1 4.0 4.3 4.4 3.7 3.4 3.6 Mixing wind dir.SW W W W W W W W NW NW NW Mixing wind spd.5 5 5 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 3 7 15 29 37 44 48 45 49 51 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming mostly clear (20-30 percent). Slight chance of rain showers early in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 37. Max humidity........97 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening and overnight becoming light, then becoming south around 5 mph after 3 am. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Mixing winds........North 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph overnight, then shifting to the south after 3 am. Smoke dispersal.....40500 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing to 1200 knot-ft late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........65 65 34 28 11 34 Weather cov.....S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............53 50 45 42 39 38 RH..............64 68 82 89 93 97 20 ft wind......NW 10 NW 5 NW 5 N 5 N 0 S 5 20 ft wind gust.14 11 8 7 5 6 Mix hgt (ft)....3300 1500 600 500 400 300 Mixing wind.....N 15 N 10 N 10 N 5 N 5 S 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..41 15 4 3 2 1 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Max temperature.....Around 65. Min humidity........38 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph. Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 5 to 10 mph increasing to around 15 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....1100 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 64800 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........40 40 23 16 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............39 47 57 63 RH..............90 74 54 40 20 FT wind......S 5G7 S 5G7 S 5G9 S 5G7 Mix hgt (ft)....300 1600 4100 6200 Mixing wind.....S 5 S 5 S 5 S 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 7 22 58 $$ Forecaster...AP Requested by...Eric Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413125.0/FGF .DELDT 05/04/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Eric_mark@fws.gov