FNUS73 KFGF 251424 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR KNOLLWOOD...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 924 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON APRIL 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT FROM THE SOUTH BECOMING SOUTHEAST BY MID AFTERNOON IN A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN POOR TO FAIR SMOKE DISPERSAL THROUGH THE BURN PERIOD. SOLAR HEATING WILL CAUSE SOME INSTABILITY LATER TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB NEAR THE MID 60S. THUS...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AROUND MID AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...EXPECT MINIMUM HUMIDITIES TO DROP TO THE 35 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67. MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8300-8500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........26 32 39 44 48 48 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............59 61 63 63 64 64 RH..............44 42 38 36 37 38 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47. MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......8200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 6 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO AROUND 16 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........47 55 69 82 87 89 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............63 58 53 50 47 45 RH..............38 44 52 58 63 69 20 FT WIND......SE 5 E 4 E 4 E 5 E 5 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 10 10 10 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57. MIN HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7200-8300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 20 TO 29 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........89 90 91 92 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............44 48 52 54 RH..............73 71 56 48 20 FT WIND......E 6G10 NE 8G15 NE 10G15 NE 11G20 $$ FORECASTER...HOPKINS REQUESTED BY...TROY BOSCHEE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110425.KNOLL.01/FGF