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Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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Spot Forecast for TV RX...Mn dnr
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
731 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 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 70.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 10 mph in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......7600 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.....7400 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
87900 knot-ft in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11 9 6 11 16 21 26 23
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............55 59 63 66 67 68 69 68
RH..............53 48 44 40 37 33 31 32
20 FT wind dir..N NE N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..0 0 5 5 5 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust. 3 8 9 12 12 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 2.9 5.4 6.4 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.3
Mixing wind dir.NE NW N N N N N N
Mixing wind spd.5 5 10 15 10 10 10 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 14 48 70 66 68 76 88
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........80 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
southwest overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....80300 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
to 2000 knot-ft late in the night.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
Sky (%).........19 38 22 25 23 55
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............68 64 57 53 51 50
RH..............29 35 45 54 61 68
20 ft wind......N 10 N 5 W 5 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5
20 ft wind gust.13 9 7 9 11
Mix hgt (ft)....7300 700 600 300 300 400
Mixing wind.....N 15 N 10 NW 10 W 5 SW 10 SW 10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..80 5 5 2 2 4
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. West winds around 10 mph shifting to
the north early in the morning, then increasing
to northwest 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 10 to 15 mph increasing to around 30
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....3400 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
85300 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to
(139900 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........21 31 30 30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............49 56 64 66
RH..............77 64 41 31
20 FT wind......W 10G13 N 10G20 N 20G23 NW 25G28
Mix hgt (ft)....300 1700 6500 9000
Mixing wind.....NW 10 NW 15 NW 25 NW 30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 25 140 227
$$
Forecaster...TT
Requested by...Robert Baden
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/09/24
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.EMAIL Robert.baden@state.mn.us