FNUS73 KFGF 282016 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR SILO WILDFIRE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 316 PM CDT FRI OCT 28 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1455 CDT ON OCTOBER 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... NORTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON PROVIDING EXCELLENT SMOKE DISPERSAL. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 45 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE. TONIGHT...EXPECT AN INVERSION TO SET UP DECOUPLING THE WINDS. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE INITIALLY FROM THE WEST...AND TURN SOUTH FROM 3 TO 8 MPH OVERNIGHT. SOME FOG MAY FORM DUE TO MIXING AND...COMBINED WITH POOR SMOKE DISPERSAL...IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN THE AREA. FOR SATURDAY...EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS BY EVENING. AFTER INVERSION BREAK...WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH FROM 10 TO 20 MPH AND SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE EXCELLENT. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES LOOK TO BE IN THE 45 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE AGAIN. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......6300-6800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH. TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........36 38 35 29 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............45 46 46 44 RH..............52 50 54 63 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W 20 FT WIND SPD..11 10 9 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-28. MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........21 17 13 11 10 11 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............40 35 32 30 29 27 RH..............67 75 85 86 87 90 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 5 W 3 W 3 SW 3 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 5 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-52. MIN HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........15 29 46 60 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............26 29 43 49 RH..............92 70 49 48 20 FT WIND......S 5G10 S 7G10 S 11G20 S 12G20 $$ FORECASTER...HOPKINS REQUESTED BY...STEVE SCHUMACHER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20111028.SILOW.01/FGF