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FNUS73 KFGF 231356
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Spot Forecast for Rydell Discovery Area...Fws
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
856 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 23.
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...

Clouds will move into the area over the next few hours and
prevent relative humidity from significantly dropping at least
over the next few hours. Having said that, clearing on the
backside of these clouds should allow relative humidity to at
least fall into the low 40s. If clearing occurs earlier, relative
humidity values could fall as low as the upper 20s as a worst
case.

Winds today will remain northerly and persistent between 10 and 15
mph. Gusts will be limited to at most 25 mph. Smoke dispersal
should improve through the day today, particularly as skies clear.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 52.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........North 20 to 25 mph decreasing to around 15 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....39400 knot-ft early in the morning increasing
                    to 80900 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  85  79  66  50  39  25  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............44  44  45  46  48  50  51  51
RH..............82  76  70  65  56  49  46  42
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..10  10  15  15  15  15  15  10
20 FT wind gust.20  20  21  22  20  19  19  18
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.3 2.8 3.3 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.3
Mixing wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Mixing wind spd.25  25  25  25  20  20  20  15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..39  48  62  70  75  81  80  79

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 28.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........North 10 to 15 mph shifting to the south after
                    3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....80200 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
                    to 2000 knot-ft late in the night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........10     7      7      5      4      4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............52     47     39     35     32     30
RH..............40     45     57     64     69     74
20 ft wind......N 10   N 10   N 5    E 5    SE 5   SE 5
20 ft wind gust.16     12     11     9      8      9
Mix hgt (ft)....5300   800    400    400    300    300
Mixing wind.....N 15   N 10   NE 10  E 10   SE 10  S 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..80     8      3      3      2      2

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southwest late in the morning.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....2500 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    59100 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........4         4         4         17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............29        39        53        58
RH..............81        59        33        26
20 FT wind......S 5G9     S 5G9     SW 5G11   SW 5G12
Mix hgt (ft)....300       1300      4000      5500
Mixing wind.....S 10      S 10      SW 10     SW 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3         13        32        51

$$
Forecaster...AP
Requested by...Eric
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411955.0/FGF
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Eric_mark@fws.gov