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Spot Forecast for Roseau River Dike Slopes RXB...MN DNR
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
637 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 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...

Dry conditions today, light and variable wind to start the day but
midday and afternoon you will see a more steady south to southwest
wind 5 to 10 mph develop. RH values dropping to near 25 percent
mid to late afternoon. Wet weather arrives Friday into the
weekend.




.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 5 to 10 mph increasing to around 15
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....9000 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    78800 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   4   4   4   4   4   4   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............42  49  52  55  57  59  60  61
RH..............43  36  33  30  29  28  28  27
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   10  5
20 FT wind gust.7   6   7   9   9   11  13  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 2.5 3.6 4.6 5.3 6.1 6.6 6.6
Mixing wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Mixing wind spd.5   5   5   10  10  10  15  15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9   15  22  32  42  61  73  79

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 39.
Max humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........South 10 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....81100 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
                    to 4400 knot-ft late in the night.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........9      20     35     20     7      2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............61     56     49     46     43     41
RH..............27     37     46     51     55     59
20 ft wind......S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 10
20 ft wind gust.11     9      11     9      11     15
Mix hgt (ft)....6800   600    400    400    400    400
Mixing wind.....SW 15  S 10   S 15   S 15   S 15   S 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..81     6      4      5      5      6

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (50-60 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to around
                    20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........South 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph
                    late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....5600 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    90300 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to
                    (128200 knot-ft) in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........3         25        28        47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............40        51        64        69
RH..............62        50        37        35
20 FT wind......S 10G13   S 10G16   S 20G22   S 20G29
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1100      4100      5900
Mixing wind.....S 15      S 20      S 25      S 30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6         17        90        154

$$
Forecaster...DR
Requested by...Thomas Enright
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412166.0/FGF
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL thomas.enright@state.mn.us