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Spot Forecast for Magnusson WMA...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
543 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 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.  No fronts in
the area so no wind shifts anticipated.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....4200 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    55400 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   0   1   1   1   3   2   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............62  67  72  76  77  79  80  79
RH..............70  59  51  45  43  41  39  41
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.9   11  12  12  13  12  12  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.2 1.7 2.9 4.2 5.1 5.5 5.2
Mixing wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Mixing wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   10  17  29  42  51  55  47

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    south in the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........South 5 to 10 mph increasing to around 15 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....(3500 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........0      0      2      1      4      3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............78     70     65     63     61     60
RH..............42     57     65     67     70     69
20 ft wind......SW 5   S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 10
20 ft wind gust.9      7      9      11     13     14
Mix hgt (ft)....1200   400    400    400    400    400
Mixing wind.....SW 10  S 10   S 10   S 10   S 15   S 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8      4      4      4      5      5

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around
                    25 mph increasing to around 20 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........South 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph
                    late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....5400 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    82700 knot-ft in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...DR
Requested by...Eric Hoff
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 09/25/24
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.EMAIL ehoff@tnc.org