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Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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Spot Forecast for Little Thief RXB...MN DNR
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
531 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 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 68.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph shifting to the north 10 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north
late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....9800 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
47200 knot-ft in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3 3 3 3 7 11 14 18 17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............53 58 60 63 65 65 67 67 68
RH..............57 49 44 39 34 34 30 29 27
20 FT wind dir..E E E NE NE N N N N
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust. 8 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 2.4 3.7 5.2 5.8 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.7
Mixing wind dir.SE SE NE N N N N N N
Mixing wind spd.10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..10 15 19 31 35 38 40 40 47
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
southwest late in the evening, then shifting to
the west overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south
late in the evening, then shifting to the west
late in the evening shifting to the northwest
around 15 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....42600 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
to 2500 knot-ft late in the night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........17 19 8 24 60 25
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............67 63 55 53 51 48
RH..............28 34 43 52 61 74
20 ft wind......N 5 NW 5 S 5 SW 5 SW 5 W 5
20 ft wind gust.9 6 7 9 11
Mix hgt (ft)....6100 700 500 400 400 300
Mixing wind.....NW 10 NW 5 S 5 SW 10 W 10 W 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..43 4 3 3 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........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
to around 23 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in
the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30
mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....7800 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
66100 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to
(133100 knot-ft) late in the morning.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........30 29 24 27
Weather cov..... CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............48 56 63 65
RH..............77 64 43 34
20 FT wind......NW 10G16 NW 10G20 NW 20G26 NW 25G29
Mix hgt (ft)....600 1800 7300 8200
Mixing wind.....NW 15 NW 20 NW 25 NW 30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9 30 171 211
$$
Forecaster...DR
Requested by...Thomas Enright
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/09/24
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.EMAIL thomas.enright@state.mn.us