FNUS73 KFGF 191646 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR LIBERTY WMA...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1146 AM CDT THU APR 19 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 CDT ON APRIL 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE PASSING TO THE EAST OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL RESULT IN LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS FOR MUCH OF 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 TO THE SOUTH ACROSS IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND 50...WITH RH VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 45 PERCENT. SMOKE DISPERSAL IS EXPECTED TO BE GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS ARE FORECAST TONIGHT...WITH HUMIDITY VALUES RISING ABOVE 60 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54. MIN HUMIDITY........43-47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........74 77 78 79 80 81 82 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............49 50 51 51 51 51 50 RH..............51 49 49 50 51 52 53 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E 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.....32-37. MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........82 82 83 83 83 82 81 80 78 77 74 72 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............49 48 46 45 44 42 41 39 38 37 35 34 RH..............53 55 57 60 62 65 66 59 59 61 64 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 7 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...JASON EKSTEIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120419.LIBER.01/FGF