####018004970#### FNUS73 KFGF 081350 FWSFGF Spot Forecast for Peter Lien...USFWS National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 850 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CDT on May 08. 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... Mostly clear skies this morning but increasing clouds bringing coverage up to 75 percent later today. A few isolated pop up showers will be possible late in the afternoon and into the early evening. Light and variable winds will steady out of the east at around 10 mph by burn time. Temperatures will climb into the lower 70s, with afternoon relative humidity values dropping into 35 to 40 percent range. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 70. Min humidity........37 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early in the morning becoming light, then becoming southeast around 5 mph early in the morning shifting to the east. Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southeast around 5 mph shifting to the east late in the morning, then increasing to around 15 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....1900 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 92100 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........47 56 65 74 70 Weather cov..... SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............66 68 69 70 70 RH..............43 39 37 38 38 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.12 13 14 13 14 Mix hgt (kft)...4.8 6.0 7.4 7.7 7.5 Mixing wind dir.E E E E E Mixing wind spd.15 15 15 15 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..57 72 89 92 90 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of rain showers early in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 45. Max humidity........80 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 10 mph. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........East 10 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....66600 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing to 4900 knot-ft late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........65 55 43 34 25 26 Weather cov.....S CHC S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............69 65 58 54 50 48 RH..............39 50 67 74 80 80 20 ft wind......E 10 NE 10 NE 10 E 10 NE 10 NE 10 20 ft wind gust.13 14 16 16 16 16 Mix hgt (ft)....6100 500 600 600 700 800 Mixing wind.....E 15 E 10 NE 15 E 15 NE 15 NE 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..67 5 7 8 9 11 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northeast 10 to 15 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....5700 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 82300 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........27 28 29 30 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............46 52 60 65 RH..............79 63 51 41 20 FT wind......NE 10G14 NE 5G12 N 10G13 N 10G14 Mix hgt (ft)....500 1400 4500 5600 Mixing wind.....NE 15 E 10 N 15 N 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 14 56 70 $$ Forecaster...JR Requested by...Troy Boschee Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413481.0/FGF .DELDT 05/08/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL troy_boschee@fws.gov