FNUS73 KFGF 191255 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR GLACIAL RIDGE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 755 AM CDT THU APR 19 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA WILL RESULT IN LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT REMAIN LIGHT...AT OR BELOW 10 MPH. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY...AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSES ACROSS IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE LOW 50S...WITH RH VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 40 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS ARE FORECAST TONIGHT...WITH HUMIDITY VALUES RISING ABOVE 60 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5600-6800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 6 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........70 72 74 75 76 77 78 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............49 51 52 52 52 52 51 RH..............50 44 43 44 44 44 46 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 4 4 5 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36. MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........79 79 80 80 80 80 79 78 76 74 72 69 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............50 48 47 45 44 42 41 39 38 36 34 33 RH..............48 54 58 62 61 57 56 57 58 61 66 66 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 3 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........66 63 61 57 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............33 44 50 53 RH..............66 43 34 32 20 FT WIND......N 5 N 5 N 4G5 N 2 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...DARRIN FRANCO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120419.GLACI.01/FGF