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Spot Forecast for Zimmerman S....The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
931 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 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 sunny early in the day, then increasing clouds. Highs will
climb into the upper 60s and afternoon relative humidity values
will drop into the 35 to 40 percent range. Southeasterly winds
around 5 mph will shift to a more northeasterly direction by the
end of the day.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast
                    in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....2200 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    45700 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  91  86  80  75  71
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............60  64  66  68  68  68
RH..............58  46  42  39  40  40
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   10
20 FT wind gust.8   9   9   11  11  13
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 4.2 5.0 5.8 6.5 6.5
Mixing wind dir.E   E   E   NE  NE  NE
Mixing wind spd.5   5   5   5   10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..24  25  30  35  45  46

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 44.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 10 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....61900 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
                    to 3300 knot-ft late in the night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........66     55     42     29     16     15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............67     63     57     53     50     48
RH..............42     54     69     80     86     86
20 ft wind......NE 10  NE 10  NE 10  NE 10  E 5    E 5
20 ft wind gust.13     15     16     13     11     9
Mix hgt (ft)....6200   700    600    500    600    500
Mixing wind.....NE 10  NE 15  E 15   E 15   E 10   E 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..62     9      6      6      5      3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph shifting to the north
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........East 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north late in
                    the morning, then increasing to around 15 mph
                    late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....2100 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    93700 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........13        17        23        20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............46        52        61        66
RH..............86        69        48        33
20 FT wind......E 5G6     NE 5G7    N 10G13   N 10G14
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1700      5100      6500
Mixing wind.....E 10      N 5       N 15      N 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3         7         66        84

$$
Forecaster...JR
Requested by...Eric Hoff
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL ehoff@tnc.org