FNUS73 KFGF 031447 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR TAMARAC NWR...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 947 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0955 CDT ON MAY 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WARM AND SUNNY WEATHER TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PREDOMINANTLY SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 TO 11 MPH. GOOD MIXING AND SCANT MOISTURE BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE BURN SITE TODAY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO LOW RH VALUES...A MINIMUM NEAR 19 TO 24 PERCENT IS EXPECTED. A CONCERN TODAY IS THAT WITH DAYTIME MIXING RH VALUES MAY DROP LOWER...AS SUCH A RH MINIMUM NEAR 15 PERCENT IS POSSIBLE. SMOKE DISPERSION BY THE PROPOSED START OF THE BURN TIME WILL BE FAIR...THEN SMOKE DISPERSION WILL IMPROVE SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO GOOD BY AROUND NOON TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7300-8600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........2 4 5 7 9 11 14 17 20 24 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............37 44 40 45 49 53 55 57 57 58 58 RH..............78 51 55 44 34 29 28 26 24 25 26 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S 20 FT WIND SPD..1 4 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38. MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........31 37 43 49 55 61 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 52 46 42 38 36 RH..............27 35 46 55 60 67 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 7 S 7 S 7 S 7 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63. MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........67 80 89 90 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............35 45 56 60 RH..............72 53 40 37 20 FT WIND......SE 8G15 S 12G20 S 15G25 S 14G20 $$ FORECASTER...ET REQUESTED BY...KURT SVENDSGAARD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110503.TAMAR.01/FGF