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Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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Spot Forecast for Peter Lien...USFWS
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
850 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CDT on May 08.
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...
Mostly clear skies this morning but increasing clouds bringing
coverage up to 75 percent later today. A few isolated pop up
showers will be possible late in the afternoon and into the early
evening. Light and variable winds will steady out of the east at
around 10 mph by burn time. Temperatures will climb into the lower
70s, with afternoon relative humidity values dropping into 35 to
40 percent range.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming southeast around
5 mph early in the morning shifting to the
east.
Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast around 5 mph shifting to the east
late in the morning, then increasing to around
15 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....1900 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
92100 knot-ft in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........47 56 65 74 70
Weather cov..... SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............66 68 69 70 70
RH..............43 39 37 38 38
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.12 13 14 13 14
Mix hgt (kft)...4.8 6.0 7.4 7.7 7.5
Mixing wind dir.E E E E E
Mixing wind spd.15 15 15 15 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..57 72 89 92 90
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers early in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 10 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....66600 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
to 4900 knot-ft late in the night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........65 55 43 34 25 26
Weather cov.....S CHC S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............69 65 58 54 50 48
RH..............39 50 67 74 80 80
20 ft wind......E 10 NE 10 NE 10 E 10 NE 10 NE 10
20 ft wind gust.13 14 16 16 16 16
Mix hgt (ft)....6100 500 600 600 700 800
Mixing wind.....E 15 E 10 NE 15 E 15 NE 15 NE 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..67 5 7 8 9 11
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
north in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast 10 to 15 mph shifting to the north in
the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....5700 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
82300 knot-ft in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........27 28 29 30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............46 52 60 65
RH..............79 63 51 41
20 FT wind......NE 10G14 NE 5G12 N 10G13 N 10G14
Mix hgt (ft)....500 1400 4500 5600
Mixing wind.....NE 15 E 10 N 15 N 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 14 56 70
$$
Forecaster...JR
Requested by...Troy Boschee
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/08/24
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.EMAIL troy_boschee@fws.gov