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Spot Forecast for Lettenmaier WPA...FWS
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
447 AM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on June 13.
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...


Expect a sunny day today with a west to northwest wind increasing
to 20 to 25 mph with gusts 30 mph this afternoon. Winds will
diminish quickly toward sunset.



.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 20 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....30900 knot-ft early in the morning increasing
                    to 118100 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing
                    to (148300 knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............71  73  74  76  77  78  76  76
RH..............46  41  40  36  35  32  36  36
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..10  15  15  15  20  20  20  20
20 FT wind gust.19  21  23  25  27  27  27  26
Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 4.9 6.2 7.1 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.1
Mixing wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
Mixing wind spd.15  15  20  25  30  30  30  30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..31  74  118 148 190 185 182 170

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph decreasing to around 5 mph late
                    in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 20 to 25 mph becoming west around 5
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....(87600 knot-ft) decreasing to 14600 knot-ft
                    early in the evening decreasing to 1800 knot-ft
                    late in the night early in the evening.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........2      5      9      14     7      6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............76     71     63     58     56     53
RH..............37     47     65     77     83     93
20 ft wind......NW 15  NW 10  NW 10  NW 5   NW 5   W 5
20 ft wind gust.25     20     13     9      7      7
Mix hgt (ft)....5700   1000   400    400    400    400
Mixing wind.....NW 25  NW 15  N 15   N 10   NW 10  NW 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..130    15     5      4      3      2

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph shifting to the south
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....1800 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    46700 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........6         3         11        30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............52        63        74        78
RH..............93        75        49        39
20 FT wind......W 5G7     W 5G8     SW 5G9    S 10G13
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1600      4300      4700
Mixing wind.....W 5       W 5       SW 5      S 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2         10        27        41

$$
Forecaster...DR
Requested by...Terry Gwilliams
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 06/13/24
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.EMAIL Terry_Gwilliams@fws.gov