FNUS73 KFGF 211321 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR C M RANCH N...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 821 AM CDT TUE SEP 21 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... UNCERTAINTIES EXIST AT YOUR BURN SITE THIS TODAY. CLOUDS HAVE MOVED FARTHER SOUTH OVERNIGHT THAN ANTICIPATED. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT CLOUDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING AND THE CURRENT FORECAST WILL BE CLOSE...JUST DELAYED. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS COULD DELAY DAYTIME HEATING AS CLOUDS MAY LINGER INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. IF THIS OCCURS MAX TEMPS COULD BE AS MUCH AS 5 DEGREES LOWER AND MIN RH COULD BE HIGHER...IN THE 60 PERCENT AREA. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66. MIN HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTH UP TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-3500 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........45 50 56 57 57 56 54 51 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............57 59 60 61 63 63 62 59 RH..............69 64 62 60 56 58 60 67 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N 20 FT WIND SPD..14 12 11 10 9 8 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 15 15 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48. MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........49 47 46 44 48 54 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 53 51 51 49 46 RH..............72 83 86 83 86 93 20 FT WIND......N 4 NE 4 NE 4 E 5 E 5 E 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...KAISER/ROGERS REQUESTED BY...NATE PERRINE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100921.CMRAN.01/FGF