FNUS73 KFGF 061401 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR PANKRATZ PRAIRIE...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 901 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MAY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A SCATTERING OF RAIN SHOWERS OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL HEAD EAST INTO MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING PRE-BURN...BUT THERE WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR A FEW MORE SHOWERS OR EVEN A THUNDERSTORM AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE AND SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON WITH PASSAGE OF A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY. LOOKS LIKE THE WIND SHIFT WILL OCCUR BEFORE IGNITION TIME PERHAPS DURING THE 1200-1300 TIME INTERVAL. DURING THE BURN...EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM 10 TO 15 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH. WEST WINDS WILL TRANSPORT DRIER AIR ACROSS THE PRESCRIBED BURN SITE AND WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70S...EXPECT MINIMUM RH VALUES TO BE IN THE LOW 30 PERCENT RANGE. HOWEVER...RH VALUES MAY REMAIN ELEVATED IF THICK CLOUD COVER OR PERSISTENT RAIN SHOWERS MOVE OVERHEAD. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8500-9900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........68 69 68 66 64 62 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............65 67 69 69 70 70 RH..............45 42 39 39 36 36 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..11 12 12 12 14 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 23 25 22 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45. MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......10600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 17 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 13 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........59 54 50 48 51 55 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............69 62 55 50 46 43 RH..............37 48 59 71 83 89 20 FT WIND......W 12 W 10 W 7 W 5 W 5 W 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...WJB REQUESTED BY...MATT MECKLENBURG TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090506.PANKR.01/FGF