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FNUS73 KFGF 030819
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Spot Forecast for PPT West...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
319 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CDT on June 03.
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...
Precipitation amounts from yesterday`s event look to range from
0.50 to 1.50 inches across your potential burn area. With clear
skies early this morning and light winds, patchy fog has also
developed across southeast North Dakota. This fog should dissipate
by mid morning, but with light winds, do not expect much drying
today.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southeast late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northeast around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southeast late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....16900 knot-ft early in the morning increasing
                    to 47000 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........30  31  32  38  42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............73  76  77  77  79
RH..............66  60  55  51  49
20 FT wind dir..E   E   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.8   9   7   7   8
Mix hgt (kft)...3.4 3.6 4.2 4.7 4.7
Mixing wind dir.NE  SE  SE  SE  S
Mixing wind spd.5   5   5   10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..17  18  21  33  47

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Showers likely
                    and chance of thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms overnight.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southeast 15 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....36400 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
                    to 6300 knot-ft late in the night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........50     43     36     57     79     77
Weather cov.....                     S CHC  CHANCE LIKELY
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                     S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE
Temp............77     75     68     65     65     64
RH..............53     60     73     84     87     89
20 ft wind......SE 5   SE 10  SE 10  SE 10  SE 10  SE 10
20 ft wind gust.11     12     14     15     18     18
Mix hgt (ft)....3300   700    500    500    600    700
Mixing wind.....SE 15  SE 15  SE 15  SE 20  SE 20  SE 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..36     8      7      9      12     13

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Showers likely
                    and chance of thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 10 mph shifting to the west
                    late in the morning, then increasing to 15 to
                    20 mph late in the morning. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    morning and early afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........South 15 to 20 mph increasing to west 25 to 30
                    mph late in the morning, then decreasing to 20
                    to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....7900 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    84400 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........81        89        87        64
Weather cov.....CHANCE    LIKELY    LIKELY    CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE    CHANCE    CHANCE    CHANCE
Temp............62        68        66        69
RH..............100       89        76        55
20 FT wind......S 10G18   SW 10G16  W 20G26   W 15G23
Mix hgt (ft)....800       2200      2100      3300
Mixing wind.....S 20      W 25      W 25      W 25
Vrate kt-ft/1K..12        43        41        65

$$
Forecaster...VG
Requested by...Eric Hoff
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 06/03/24
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.EMAIL ehoff@tnc.org