FNUS73 KFGF 261955 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR SILO WILDFIRE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 255 PM CDT WED OCT 26 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1429 CDT ON OCTOBER 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOLAR HEATING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT AND WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STORMS MAY BECOME GUSTY AND ERRATIC. EXPECT SHOWER ACTIVITY TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET AND CLOUDS SCATTERING OUT OVERNIGHT. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND BEGIN TO SHIFT SOUTHWEST BY THURSDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT...PATCHY FOG IS FORECAST BUT COVERAGE AND VISIBILITY IS DEPENDENT ON RESIDUAL CLOUD COVER...MOISTURE AND WINDS. ANY SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP OVERNIGHT LOWS ELEVATED AND LIMIT THE SCOPE OF FOG FORMATION. HOWEVER...LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN POOR SMOKE DISPERSAL. CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVIATION. CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY WILL BE IMPROVING AND ANY FOG THAT DEVELOPS SHOULD BURN OFF BY AROUND 1000 AM. WINDS WILL PICK UP A BIT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST HELPING IMPROVE SMOKE DISPERSAL. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND THE 50 TO 60 PERCENT RANGE. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50. MIN HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......5600-6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 13 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........77 79 80 81 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ISO ISO ISO ISO TEMP............47 47 45 43 RH..............68 70 71 72 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W NW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29. MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-1700 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........81 79 74 68 59 50 WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR FOG FOG FOG TSTM COV........ TEMP............41 38 35 32 28 26 RH..............73 77 84 88 89 89 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 5 NW 5 NW 4 NW 4 NW 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-51. MIN HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6600-7100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........42 35 32 30 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............26 34 45 48 RH..............90 76 63 61 20 FT WIND......W 3G5 SW 3G5 SW 5G10 SW 6G10 $$ FORECASTER...HOPKINS REQUESTED BY...STEVE SCHUMACHER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20111026.SILOW.01/FGF