FNUS73 KFGF 181529
FWSFGF

SPOT FORECAST FOR GLACIAL RIDGE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1029 AM CDT MON OCT 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 CDT ON OCTOBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON...GUSTY WELL INTO
THE 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL HELP MIX DOWN DRIER
AIR...WITH MIN HUMIDITY INTO THE LOWER 30 PER CENTS. WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFT SUNSET...BUT WILL KEEP A WESTERLY ORIENTATION
THROUGHOUT THE TIME OF CONCERN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 11 TO 16 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4700 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5700-7500
                    FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
                    5200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
                    3000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 14 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 24 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........56  56  59  62  62  56  47
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............47  50  52  54  55  55  54
RH..............60  52  44  41  38  37  38
20 FT WIND DIR..W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..10  12  14  14  14  12  9
20 FT WIND GUST.15  20  20  25  25  20  15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    3 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........39     37     44     55     56     55
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............50     44     41     39     38     36
RH..............42     53     62     67     70     75
20 FT WIND......W 6    W 5    W 4    W 4    W 3    SW 3
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     5      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...SPEICHER
REQUESTED BY...JASON EKSTEIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101018.GLACI.01/FGF