FNUS73 KFGF 091551 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR BAUDETTE BOWMAN...DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1051 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TROUGH IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MID LEVEL CLOUD BAND AND A WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS MORNING. THIS TROUGH AND WIND SHIFT WILL BE NEAR A HALLOCK TO GRAND FORKS LINE AT 1 PM...AND THEN LIKELY NEAR A ROSEAU TO FOSSTON LINE BY 4 PM AND THEN PASS THROUGH THE BAUDETTE AREA AROUND 6 PM. THIS WIND SHIFT WILL OCCUR WELL AFTER YOUR BURN. FOR YOUR LOCAL AREA... THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS CURRENTLY WILL TURN A BIT MORE DUE SOUTHERLY AT BURN TIME AND REMAIN SOUTHERLY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...GENERALLY HOLDING IN THE 160-180 WIND DIRECTION THROUGH 4 PM. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT MORE AS FULL MIXING IS EXPECTED TODAY. LOOK FOR SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 11 TO 15 MPH RANGE AROUND BURN TIME INCREASING A BIT BY 4 PM TO 13 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE AT BURN TIME AND 23 TO 28 MPH BY 4 PM. THE FORECAST OF TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FROM THE EARLY MORNING FIRE WEATHER NARRATIVE FORECAST STILL LOOKS GOOD WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE UPPER 20S AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......5500-7400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 24 TO 28 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSON.....EXCELLENT...UP TO 139200 KNOT-FT THIS AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........38 32 31 39 50 59 58 53 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............41 43 46 48 51 53 56 58 RH..............44 41 37 35 33 32 30 28 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S SW W 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 11 14 14 14 14 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 25 25 25 25 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35. MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......7700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 17 TO 23 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 13 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........47 47 49 50 41 30 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 49 44 40 36 34 RH..............30 39 45 50 56 58 20 FT WIND......NW 7 W 6 W 5 W 5 W 4 W 2 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...RIDDLE REQUESTED BY...JEFF DITTRICH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100409.BAUDE.01/FGF