FNUS73 KFGF 311413 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR MALAKOWSKY...USFWS DL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 913 AM CDT WED MAR 31 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MARCH 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... STARTING OFF THE DAY WITH QUITE A BIT OF SUNSHINE AND WINDS HAVE ALREADY TURNED TO THE WEST. THERE ARE A FEW CLOUD BANDS TO THE WEST THAT MAY CLIP YOUR BURN AREA BUT OVERALL IT SHOULD STAY MOSTLY SUNNY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE VARIABLE...STARTING OFF THE DAY WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES WITH THE LOWEST VALUES EXPECTED BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS MIN HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE STAYED MUCH HIGHER IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY WITH MUCH LOWER MIN HUMIDITY VALUES AS YOU GET NEAR DETROIT LAKES. THE VALLEY HAS SEEN MIN HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE MID 50 PERCENT RANGE AND DETROIT LAKES HAS BEEN IN THE MID 30 PERCENT RANGE. BEING BETWEEN THE TWO MEANS YOU SHOULD LIE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE AGAIN TODAY. NOT EXPECTING QUITE THE GUSTINESS THAT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THE PAST TWO DAYS BUT THERE COULD BE SOME SHIFTING FROM WEST TO NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68. MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600-6400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........47 47 50 54 60 66 72 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............57 61 63 64 65 65 65 RH..............62 54 49 47 45 44 46 20 FT WIND DIR..W W WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 11 11 12 11 10 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43. MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-3400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........77 81 83 85 88 92 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............63 56 51 48 44 42 RH..............47 65 74 79 84 91 20 FT WIND......W 5 NW 5 N 5 N 5 NE 5 NE 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59. MIN HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 23 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........95 100 100 92 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............40 45 52 56 RH..............96 85 75 71 20 FT WIND......NE 9G15 NE 12G20 NE 14G25 NE 12G20 $$ FORECASTER...GODON REQUESTED BY...CORY HENRY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100331.MALAK.01/FGF