Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
946 FNUS73 KFGF 051200 FWSFGF Spot Forecast for Glacial Ridge WRP South- North...The Nature Conservancy National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 700 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CDT on May 05. 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... Winds will be light and variable this morning, eventually settling on southerly by late morning or early afternoon. Once this occurs, winds will slowly increase in magnitude to between 5 and 10 knots. There will be a slow shift in wind direction to southeast by late afternoon. Skies will remain mostly clear for today, so relative humidity values will fall into the 30s, with the potential to see upper 20s by late afternoon if skies remain clear long enough. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Max temperature.....Around 67. Min humidity........35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph. Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest around 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....52400 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 69500 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........37 31 21 20 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............63 64 65 65 RH..............41 38 35 37 20 FT wind dir..S S S S 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.9 9 11 12 Mix hgt (kft)...6.5 7.1 7.1 7.0 Mixing wind dir.SW SW S S Mixing wind spd.10 10 10 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..52 57 64 70 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Min temperature.....Around 48. Max humidity........74 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 26 mph late in the evening. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southeast around 20 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....79700 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing to 5600 knot-ft late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........21 32 31 37 28 35 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............66 61 54 52 50 49 RH..............36 46 59 61 68 71 20 ft wind......S 10 SE 10 SE 10 SE 15 SE 15 SE 15 20 ft wind gust.13 13 16 21 23 23 Mix hgt (ft)....6600 700 500 500 500 500 Mixing wind.....S 15 S 10 SE 15 S 15 S 20 SE 20 Vrate kt-ft/1K..80 7 6 7 9 9 .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 71. Min humidity........47 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 32 mph increasing to around 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph late in the morning. Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southeast 20 to 25 mph increasing to 30 to 35 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....10800 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 106900 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to (100600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........33 49 66 81 Weather cov..... CHANCE Weather type....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR Tstm cov........ Temp............49 57 64 68 RH..............71 62 52 49 20 FT wind......SE 15G25 SE 20G32 SE 25G32 SE 25G32 Mix hgt (ft)....600 2100 3600 3700 Mixing wind.....SE 20 SE 30 S 35 SE 35 Vrate kt-ft/1K..11 53 107 112 $$ Forecaster...AP Requested by...Eric Hoff Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413178.0/FGF .DELDT 05/05/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ehoff@tnc.org