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Spot Forecast for Bluestem South...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
811 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on May 31.
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...

Some showers possible to the SE of the burn in the late
afternoon/evening (6 - 8pm timeframe). Otherwise, RHs in the mid
40s today, with high temperatures around 70 degrees. Winds will
remain westerly the rest of the day, with a shift to SW/S around
sunset.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 10 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....52200 knot-ft early in the morning increasing
                    to 75100 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........59  55  66  71  85  70
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............65  67  68  68  69  68
RH..............54  49  45  45  44  45
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 4.9 5.8 6.2 6.0 5.5
Mixing wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W
Mixing wind spd.15  15  15  15  15  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..52  63  75  74  72  55

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest around 15 mph shifting to the south
                    early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....50400 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
                    to 4700 knot-ft late in the night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........62     61     34     17     12     13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............68     64     59     55     53     51
RH..............47     58     67     77     77     83
20 ft wind......S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5
20 ft wind gust.13     12     12     11     11     11
Mix hgt (ft)....4200   600    500    500    400    500
Mixing wind.....W 15   S 15   S 15   SW 15  S 15   S 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..50     7      6      5      5      5

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph shifting to the west
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....4700 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    101200 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to
                    (84500 knot-ft) late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........20        11        5         8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............50        59        68        72
RH..............83        69        52        42
20 FT wind......S 5G12    SW 10G14  W 10G14   W 10G15
Mix hgt (ft)....500       1400      4900      7300
Mixing wind.....S 10      W 15      W 15      W 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5         16        71        109

$$
Forecaster...AH
Requested by...Eric Hoff
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL ehoff@tnc.org