FNUS73 KFGF 071115 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR J WEST...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 615 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT PARTLY SUNNY AND DRY CONDITIONS AT THE PRESCRIBED BURN SITE TODAY. WEST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH AND SHIFT TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. GIVEN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...GUSTY WINDS WILL MIX DRIER AIR ALOFT TO THE SURFACE RESULTING IN MINIMUM RH VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY WILL BE MUCH COOLER WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AS ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTH FROM 5 TO 15 MPH WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES FROM 40 TO 45 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74. MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING... SHIFTING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10000-10100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 21 TO 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 29 TO 32 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........52 53 54 54 54 54 53 53 52 52 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............53 57 60 63 67 69 70 70 71 71 RH..............57 49 44 38 33 30 29 27 27 26 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 14 15 16 16 17 16 15 14 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 25 30 30 30 30 25 20 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60. MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-6500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 8 TO 17 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........64 67 70 75 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............39 47 54 57 RH..............85 68 54 47 20 FT WIND......N 6G10 N 9G15 N 11G20 N 12G20 $$ FORECASTER...ROGERS REQUESTED BY...OSCAR KNUDTSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090507.JWEST.01/FGF