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Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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117 FNUS73 KFGF 091259 FWSFGF Spot Forecast for Mjolsness...The Nature Conservancy National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 759 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 09. 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... Northerly winds through today go calm and variable around sunset remaining near 10 mph and gusting into the mid teens. RH dropping to 40 percent by noon today with min values near 30 percent from 3pm to 7pm. While mixing heights are high smoke dispersal will only be good at 80-90000 kt-ft. Winds shifting more northwest after midnight tonight remaining under 15 mph. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Max temperature.....Around 72. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph late in the morning becoming light, then becoming north 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......7800 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northeast around 5 mph shifting to the north late in the morning, then increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....4700 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 85800 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........11 12 10 8 12 15 19 23 21 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............52 55 59 63 66 67 68 69 68 RH..............57 52 49 46 41 37 34 31 32 20 FT wind dir..E NE NE N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..5 0 0 5 5 5 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust. 1 5 9 11 12 13 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 1.7 2.6 5.2 6.3 7.2 7.5 7.8 7.4 Mixing wind dir.E NE NW N N N N N N Mixing wind spd.5 5 5 10 15 10 10 15 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 7 16 53 70 74 75 86 81 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Min temperature.....Around 48. Max humidity........79 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest late in the evening. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west around 5 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the southwest overnight. Smoke dispersal.....88200 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing to 1800 knot-ft late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........20 32 21 29 18 56 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............68 64 57 54 52 51 RH..............31 35 47 53 59 66 20 ft wind......N 10 N 5 NW 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 20 ft wind gust.13 9 6 7 9 9 Mix hgt (ft)....7200 700 400 400 300 300 Mixing wind.....N 15 N 10 NW 10 W 5 SW 10 SW 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..88 6 3 2 2 3 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. West winds around 10 mph shifting to the northwest early in the morning, then increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......9500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 10 to 15 mph increasing to around 30 mph. Smoke dispersal.....3600 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 89800 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to (160900 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........24 27 30 30 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............50 57 64 67 RH..............76 62 43 31 20 FT wind......W 10G13 N 15G20 N 20G25 NW 25G29 Mix hgt (ft)....400 1800 7000 9400 Mixing wind.....NW 10 NW 15 NW 25 NW 30 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 27 162 245 $$ Forecaster...TT Requested by...Eric Hoff Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413506.1/FGF .DELDT 05/09/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ehoff@tnc.org