FNUS73 KFGF 251529 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR TNC-BP-TU...NATURE CONSERVANCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1029 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 TO SOUTHWEST IN A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN FAIR SMOKE DISPERSAL THROUGH THE BURN PERIOD. SOLAR HEATING WILL CAUSE SOME INSTABILITY LATER TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID 60S. THUS...EXPECT WIDELY 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........32-37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8900-9800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........26 32 38 44 47 48 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............62 63 64 64 63 63 RH..............42 41 40 39 38 38 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 10 10 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 .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 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........48 55 67 77 81 83 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............61 56 53 50 47 45 RH..............37 45 55 62 65 69 20 FT WIND......S 7 SE 5 SE 4 E 4 E 5 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 10 10 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61. MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7300-8200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........83 86 88 89 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............44 49 55 58 RH..............73 71 53 45 20 FT WIND......E 6G10 E 5G10 NE 8G15 NE 9G15 $$ FORECASTER...HOPKINS REQUESTED BY...MATT MECKLENBURG TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110425.TNCBP.01/FGF