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Spot Forecast for Buffalo River State Park NW...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
406 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on September 24.
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...

Today will be partly cloudy/ mostly sunny for the Buffalo State
Park area limiting the mixing potential during the morning. Winds
will stay west/northwest during the day before becoming Southwest
tomorrow morning and southerly tomorrow afternoon. After today RH
values will drop into the 30`s and 40`s with clear skies as high
pressure moves over us.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 10 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....11800 knot-ft early in the morning increasing
                    to 74000 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19  21  36  41  40  28  17  20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............58  61  65  67  69  70  70  71
RH..............86  78  68  61  59  55  53  51
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   10  10  10  5   5
20 FT wind gust.9   12  13  14  14  14  14  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 2.1 3.4 4.3 5.2 5.8 6.2 6.1
Mixing wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Mixing wind spd.10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..12  21  38  52  57  70  74  67

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light, then becoming south
                    around 5 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5
                    mph early in the evening, then shifting to the
                    southwest overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....58300 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
                    to 1900 knot-ft late in the night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........8      5      4      1      4      4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............69     65     59     56     54     52
RH..............53     63     78     83     86     93
20 ft wind......NW 5   NW 0   W 0    S 0    S 0    S 5
20 ft wind gust.8      5      3      3      5
Mix hgt (ft)....5300   500    500    500    500    500
Mixing wind.....NW 15  NW 5   NW 5   SW 5   S 5    SW 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..58     3      2      2      3      4

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southwest in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest around 10 mph shifting to the west in
                    the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....3100 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    35600 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........13        11        3         3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............51        56        73        79
RH..............93        83        52        41
20 FT wind......S 5       S 5G7     SW 5G11   W 5G11
Mix hgt (ft)....500       400       2300      4500
Mixing wind.....SW 10     SW 10     W 10      W 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4         3         21        36

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