Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
599 FNUS73 KFGF 231142 FWSFGF Spot Forecast for Skull Lake Rx...The Nature Conservancy National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 642 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on May 23. 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... Higher RH values above 55 percent are expected through the day today, with several periods of scattered showers this morning. There may be a lull in coverage this afternoon, before more steady light to moderate rain arrives and continues into Friday. Wetting rain is expected, and there is a 60% chance for greater than 1 inch of rainfall overnight tonight into Friday where the burn is planned. Winds initially start lighter today, but start to increase late as the more organized system arrives. Windy condtions will continue through Friday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Rain showers likely early in the morning, then chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 58. Min humidity........57 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northeast 15 to 20 mph. Smoke dispersal.....12700 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 42800 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........78 81 80 79 78 77 85 93 92 91 Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............42 44 46 48 50 51 53 54 55 55 RH..............86 79 75 71 66 63 59 59 57 57 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.9 11 12 14 14 15 15 16 18 19 Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.4 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.7 2.4 Mixing wind dir.E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E Mixing wind spd.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..13 15 20 23 29 30 29 36 43 36 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Rain showers through the night. Chance of thunderstorms overnight. Min temperature.....Around 43. Max humidity........96 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the east around 20 mph early in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the late evening and overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms overnight. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northeast 15 to 20 mph shifting to the east around 25 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....33900 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing to 10900 knot-ft late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........90 91 94 97 98 98 Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE Temp............56 53 49 47 46 45 RH..............57 64 74 86 89 93 20 ft wind......NE 10 E 10 NE 10 E 15 E 15 E 15 20 ft wind gust.19 18 19 22 23 23 Mix hgt (ft)....2300 800 700 1500 1400 1400 Mixing wind.....E 15 E 15 NE 20 E 25 E 25 E 25 Vrate kt-ft/1K..34 11 11 32 31 32 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Max temperature.....Around 54. Min humidity........80 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 20 mph shifting to the northwest late in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northeast 20 to 25 mph shifting to the northwest late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....23700 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 38700 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........98 93 89 89 Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC Temp............44 47 48 47 RH..............93 89 89 86 20 FT wind......E 20G25 E 20G25 NE 20G23 NW 20G25 Mix hgt (ft)....1400 1300 1300 1600 Mixing wind.....E 25 E 20 N 20 NW 25 Vrate kt-ft/1K..31 24 25 32 $$ Forecaster...DJR Requested by...Jacob Anderson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2414956.0/FGF .DELDT 05/23/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL janderson@tnc.org