Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
220 FNUS73 KFGF 240906 FWSFGF 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 .TAG 2422903.0/FGF .DELDT 09/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ehoff@tnc.org