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Spot Forecast for Moran WMA...MN Department of Natural Resources
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
142 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CDT on August 27.
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...

North winds around 5 mph will vary a bit in direction from
northwest to north-northeast through late afternoon and early
evening. Afternoon RH values will bottom out just below 40 percent
and then increase again as the sun goes down. Winds will become
light and variable later this evening. By tomorrow, winds will
steady out of the south-southeast and pick up to around 10 to 15
mph, with mixing heights increasing to around 5000 ft. Slightly
warmer temperatures in the 80s on Friday will allow afternoon RH
values to drop to around 35 percent.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........North around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....(40200 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   5   3   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............75  76  77  77
RH..............43  40  39  39
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...4.8 5.3 5.3 5.0
Mixing wind dir.N   N   N   N
Mixing wind spd.10  10  10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..43  48  53  40

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent) then becoming partly
                    cloudy (25-35 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southeast late in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........North 5 to 10 mph shifting to the east late in
                    the evening, then shifting to the southeast
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....38000 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
                    to 2200 knot-ft late in the night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........1      6      8      21     43     25
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............76     70     60     56     53     52
RH..............40     53     79     85     92     94
20 ft wind......N 5    N 5    E 5    E 5    SE 5   SE 5
20 ft wind gust.12     6      6      6      8      9
Mix hgt (ft)....4800   500    400    500    400    400
Mixing wind.....N 10   N 5    NE 5   E 10   SE 10  SE 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..38     2      2      3      3      4

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (60-70 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph becoming 5 to 10 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........South around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....2600 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    47200 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........16        7         35        68
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............50        60        75        81
RH..............93        80        45        35
20 FT wind......SE 5G9    S 5G12    S 5G14    S 10G14
Mix hgt (ft)....400       900       4100      5200
Mixing wind.....SE 10     S 10      S 10      S 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4         8         37        47

$$
Forecaster...JR
Requested by...Emily Hutchins
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 08/27/26
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.EMAIL emily.hutchins@state.mn.us