FNUS73 KFGF 191348 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR TNC-PT-GRIDS...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 848 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. EAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT REMAIN LIGHT...GENERALLY 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 40 TO 45 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL SHOULD BECOME GOOD THIS 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........39-44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 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 5100-6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........71 73 75 76 78 79 80 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............49 50 51 52 52 52 50 RH..............52 48 46 44 44 44 48 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........64-69 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........80 81 81 81 81 81 80 79 77 75 72 70 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............49 48 47 45 44 42 41 39 37 36 34 33 RH..............50 54 58 62 60 57 55 57 61 64 66 69 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 5 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 5600-6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 2 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........67 64 62 57 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............33 44 49 52 RH..............66 43 34 32 20 FT WIND......N 5 N 5 N 4G5 N 3G5 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...MATT MECKLENBURG TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120419.TNCPT.01/FGF