Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
340 FNUS73 KFGF 251058 FWSFGF Spot Forecast for Buffalo River State Park NW...The Nature Conservancy National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 558 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CDT on September 25. 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... Full sunshine today. Winds at the surface from mid morning thru the afternoon mainly a southwest to west wind 5-12 mph. Variable to start this morning under 5 mph. No fronts in the area so no wind shifts anticipated. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Max temperature.....Around 82. Min humidity........38 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest late in the morning at 5-12 mph. Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest around 10 mph shifting to the west late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....3500 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 57800 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........3 1 0 2 2 0 3 2 2 2 2 1 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............48 48 50 55 62 67 72 76 78 80 81 80 RH..............86 89 86 79 70 59 51 45 42 39 38 39 20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW W W W W SW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust. 6 9 11 12 13 13 13 12 11 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.9 3.0 4.6 5.5 5.8 5.4 Mixing wind dir.SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W Mixing wind spd.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 4 4 4 6 11 19 31 47 55 58 43 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Min temperature.....Around 59. Max humidity........72 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the south in the late evening and overnight. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 5 to 10 mph increasing to around 15 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....(4000 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........0 1 4 1 3 1 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............79 70 65 63 61 60 RH..............41 57 65 67 70 69 20 ft wind......SW 5 S 5 S 5 S 5 S 10 S 10 20 ft wind gust.9 7 9 11 13 14 Mix hgt (ft)....1300 500 500 500 500 500 Mixing wind.....SW 5 S 10 S 10 S 10 S 15 S 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 4 5 5 6 6 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Max temperature.....Around 83. Min humidity........34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph increasing to around 20 mph with gusts to around 29 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....6500 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 95800 knot-ft in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...DR Requested by...Eric Hoff Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2422903.1/FGF .DELDT 09/25/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ehoff@tnc.org