FNUS73 KFGF 091312 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR SETHRE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 812 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SWITCH WINDS FROM SOUTH TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 1PM AND 2PM THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS IN VICINITY OF THE FRONT WILL BE LIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE AFTER THEY SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST. LOOKING AT GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH WITH AN ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DECREASE FAIRLY RAPIDLY AS THE ATMOSPHERE HEATS OUT AND BE LOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...MOST LIKELY IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE FAIR AT IGNITION TIME...AND INCREASE TO VERY GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-6800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 16 TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........47 47 46 46 45 44 42 41 40 39 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............38 42 47 51 55 58 59 60 61 61 RH..............62 55 45 41 35 32 30 29 27 26 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37. MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4100-5900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 2 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........39 43 48 52 52 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 52 46 42 38 36 RH..............27 33 42 48 57 61 20 FT WIND......NW 10 NW 7 NW 5 NW 4 NW 3 NW 3 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 5 5 5 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63. MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO WEST AROUND 25 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........46 38 34 36 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............34 43 54 59 RH..............64 41 24 20 20 FT WIND......N 2G5 NW 5G10 W 7G15 W 9G15 $$ FORECASTER...HOPKINS REQUESTED BY...TROY BOSCHEE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100409.SETHR.01/FGF