FNUS73 KFGF 171214 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR ERNIE WPA...VALLEY CITY WMD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 714 AM CDT SAT APR 17 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1430 CDT ON APRIL 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE VALLEY CITY AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY EAST TO THE FARGO AREA AT MIDDAY AND THEN INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL MEAN A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND TO START THE DAY...BECOMING PREDOMINATELY SOUTHEAST BY LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 60S. LACK OF MIXING IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL MEAN SMOKE DISPERSON WILL BE LESS THAN PAST DAYS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66. MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500-6200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 13 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........0 6 13 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 62 62 RH..............23 20 20 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 10 SE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36. MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........18 18 15 13 15 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 55 49 43 37 34 RH..............22 29 39 53 67 78 20 FT WIND......SE 10 SE 9 SE 8 SE 8 SE 6 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...RIDDLE REQUESTED BY...TERRY GWILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100417.ERNIE.01/FGF