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Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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Spot Forecast for Walton West...USFWS
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
529 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on May 09.
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...
Light east or northeast wind under 5 mph to start the day, by noon
and thru the afternoon a north wind around 10 mph. No fronts moving
through, mixing conditions for smoke initally poor but improving this
afternoon. But winds aloft remain light.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph late in
the morning, then shifting to the north 10 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north
late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....4100 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
50400 knot-ft in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 2 3 4 4 8 12 16 20 20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............47 52 57 60 63 65 65 67 67 68
RH..............76 65 53 46 39 35 34 30 30 28
20 FT wind dir..E E E NE NE NE N N N N
20 FT wind spd..0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.2 8 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.4 2.2 3.9 5.4 6.1 6.7 7.0 7.2 7.2
Mixing wind dir.E SE SE N N N N N N N
Mixing wind spd.10 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 10 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 9 11 23 38 43 40 42 50 50
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
southwest in the late evening and overnight,
then shifting to the west after 3 am.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest
in the late evening and overnight, then
shifting to the northwest after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....46000 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
to 2200 knot-ft late in the night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........20 20 7 22 59 23
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............67 63 56 53 51 48
RH..............29 35 45 52 61 74
20 ft wind......N 5 NW 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 W 5
20 ft wind gust.9 7 8 9 11
Mix hgt (ft)....6600 700 600 300 300 400
Mixing wind.....NW 10 NW 5 SW 5 SW 10 W 10 W 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..46 5 2 2 3 3
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of rain
showers in the morning. Slight chance of rain
showers in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 66.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing
to 20 to 25 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......8700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30
mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....7800 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
64800 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to
(133300 knot-ft) late in the morning.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........31 28 25 26
Weather cov..... CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............48 56 63 65
RH..............80 64 43 34
20 FT wind......NW 10G16 NW 15G20 NW 20G26 NW 25G29
Mix hgt (ft)....600 1900 7500 8500
Mixing wind.....NW 15 NW 20 NW 25 NW 30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9 32 174 212
$$
Forecaster...DR
Requested by...FMS
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413574.0/FGF
.DELDT 05/09/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Eric_mark@fws.gov