FNUS73 KFGF 051214 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR BOWEN WPA...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 714 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0725 CDT ON MAY 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WARM AND MOSTLY SUNNY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY. THE CURRENT NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL INCREASE A BIT THIS AFTERNOON. THE GOOD MIXING THAT WILL DEVELOP BY NOON WILL RESULT IN DRIER AIR FROM ALOFT TO REACH THE SURFACE...AS WELL THE OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON WIND GUST UP TO 20 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD REACH A MINIMUM NEAR 30 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE POOR AT THE PROPOSED BEGINNING TIME OF THE BURN...BUT WILL BECOME EXCELLENT ONCE THE GOOD MIXING IS IN PLACE...WHICH SHOULD BE NOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9100-10400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 9 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........32 32 33 34 36 37 39 40 41 42 43 44 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............39 41 45 49 52 55 58 60 61 62 62 62 RH..............82 78 70 66 60 48 42 40 37 35 36 37 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 10 10 9 9 10 11 11 11 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44. MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........46 45 43 43 46 51 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 56 51 47 44 42 RH..............38 44 53 60 65 71 20 FT WIND......W 9 W 6 SW 5 SW 5 SW 5 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67. MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........56 60 64 70 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............41 51 60 64 RH..............76 60 43 38 $$ FORECASTER...GROCHOCINSKI REQUESTED BY...TERRY GWILLIAMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110505.BOWEN.01/FGF