FNUS73 KFGF 301227 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR HOFFSTRAND...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 727 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... PATCHY MAINLY LIGHT FOG IS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF QUICKLY...WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY BY THE MID MORNING HOURS. LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF AROUND 10 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. RH VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 60S. WITH THE MIXED LAYER DEEPENING TO OVER 7000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...SMOKE DISPERSION IS FORECAST TO BE VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68. MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7700-8400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 14 TO 22 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........29 28 29 31 34 38 42 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............56 60 62 64 65 65 65 RH..............50 44 41 38 37 37 37 20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........45 46 48 49 50 51 52 54 55 57 59 60 WEATHER COV..... SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO TEMP............64 63 61 58 57 56 54 53 52 51 51 50 RH..............38 40 44 50 53 56 61 64 68 71 72 75 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...CHRIS ROED TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120430.HOFFS.01/FGF