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Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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Spot Forecast for Garfield 30 NPB South Rx burn...MN DNR
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
1204 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 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...
Sunny skies with temperatures rising from the 60s to near 70
degrees this afternoon. Relative humidity values will drop down
into the 25 to 30 percent range by late afternoon. Winds that are
currently northeasterly around 10 mph will become more due
northerly after ignition time.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........North around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....58800 knot-ft early in the morning increasing
to 70900 knot-ft in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13 15 17 17 20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............66 68 69 70 70
RH..............38 33 31 29 28
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 5 5
20 FT wind gust.11 11 11 11
Mix hgt (kft)...6.3 6.5 7.0 7.1 7.0
Mixing wind dir.N N N N N
Mixing wind spd.10 10 10 10 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..63 59 63 71 63
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (35-45 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph shifting to the
southwest overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west
overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....64400 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
to 2300 knot-ft late in the night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........26 31 22 16 61 46
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............70 66 57 53 52 50
RH..............27 31 44 52 59 66
20 ft wind......N 5 N 5 W 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5
20 ft wind gust.11 7 6 7 9 11
Mix hgt (ft)....7200 700 400 400 300 300
Mixing wind.....N 10 NW 5 NW 5 W 5 W 10 SW 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..64 4 2 2 3 3
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers early in the afternoon. Slight
chance of rain showers late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 10 mph shifting to the
northwest early in the morning, then increasing
to around 20 mph with gusts to around 28 mph in
the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 10 to 15 mph increasing to around 30
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....3800 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
42200 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to
(211500 knot-ft).
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........36 27 31 30
Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC
Weather type....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............48 55 64 66
RH..............77 68 41 33
20 FT wind......W 10G14 N 10G20 NW 20G25 NW 20G28
Mix hgt (ft)....400 1400 7900 9000
Mixing wind.....W 10 NW 15 NW 30 NW 30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 21 189 225
$$
Forecaster...JR
Requested by...Tyler Janke
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/09/24
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.EMAIL tyler.janke@state.mn.us