FNUS73 KFGF 091455 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR TNC-FOXHOME-S...NATURE CONSERVANCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 955 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON APRIL 9. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SWITCH WINDS FROM SOUTH TO NORTHWEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS JUST BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE SWITCHING MORE WESTERLY...AND INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AFTER BURN INITIATION TIME. LOOKING AT GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH WITH 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 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE. SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE FAIR TO GOOD AT IGNITION TIME...AND INCREASE TO VERY GOOD IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-6600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 14 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........43 42 40 39 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............58 59 60 61 61 RH..............32 30 28 26 25 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 11 11 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37. MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200-6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........38 42 48 52 52 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 52 46 42 38 36 RH..............26 33 42 50 59 64 20 FT WIND......NW 10 NW 7 NW 5 NW 3 NW 2 N 1 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 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 8600-10500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........47 39 34 36 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............34 43 54 59 RH..............66 41 25 20 20 FT WIND......N 1 NW 4G5 W 6G10 W 9G15 $$ FORECASTER...HOPKINS REQUESTED BY...MATT MECKLENBURG TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100409.TNCFO.01/FGF