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SPOT FORECAST FOR GLACIAL RIDGE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1032 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON MAY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
FOR YOUR BURN TODAY...WINDS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY NORTH OF EAST AT
IGNITION TIME AND MAYBE FOR A HOUR BEFORE SLOWLY TURNING DUE EAST
AND TO THE ESE BY MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY...AROUND 30 MPH
AT TIMES. SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH MOSTLY VIRGA POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING WILL BE ENDING JUST BEFORE NOON. MIN RH VALUES WILL BE
BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE EXCELLENT THIS
AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-3800 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 24 TO 28 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........46  45  43  42  43  43  44  45  46
WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO
WEATHER TYPE....RW  RW  RW
TEMP............49  53  56  59  61  62  63  63  63
RH..............46  41  38  36  36  35  35  37  40
20 FT WIND DIR..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT WIND SPD..16  16  16  16  16  16  16  16  15
20 FT WIND GUST.30  30  30  30  30  30  25  25  25

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100-3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1500 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 21 TO 28 MPH DECREASING TO 9 TO 17
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM      10 PM     1 AM      4 AM
SKY (%).........47        48        50        51
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
TEMP............63        59        56        54
RH..............42        56        71        76
20 FT WIND......SE 15G25  SE 14G25  SE 14G25  SE 12G20

.WEDNESDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
TEMP............53        62        70        73
RH..............82        68        53        42
20 FT WIND......SE 5G10   SW 14G20  W 10G15   NW 12G20

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FORECASTER...KAISER
REQUESTED BY...PATRICK WAGNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090519.GLACI.01/FGF