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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
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.DELDT 05/05/24
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.EMAIL ehoff@tnc.org