FNUS73 KFGF 051359 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR HAUGEN...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 859 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. GOOD MIXING THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH NEARLY FULL SUN WILL GIVE WAY TO MIN RHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE EXCELLENT. CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AS TEMPS APPROACH 60 DEGREES AND SPOTTY SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER MOVING ACROSS THE AREA BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66. MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-2800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9800-10500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 14 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 24 TO 29 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........54 54 55 56 56 54 50 WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............57 60 61 62 63 63 63 RH..............50 46 44 40 38 38 38 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..12 14 14 14 14 12 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46. MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......9700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 18 TO 25 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........47 40 35 33 35 40 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 58 52 49 46 44 RH..............38 44 52 58 64 71 20 FT WIND......NW 8 SW 5 S 4 S 5 S 4 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 5 10 5 5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68. MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500-6700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 2 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 12 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........45 50 56 67 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............43 52 61 65 RH..............76 63 40 36 20 FT WIND......S 3G5 SE 2G5 SE 5G10 SE 11G15 $$ FORECASTER...KAISER REQUESTED BY...TROY BOSCHEE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110505.HAUGE.01/FGF