FNUS73 KFGF 021323 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY SAND WMA...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 823 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WITH RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE AND LIGHT WINDS...SOME PATCHY FOG WILL PERSIST INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS. LIGHT OR CALM WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST LATER THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT...UNDER 10 MPH...FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. GIVEN THE LIGHT FLOW...WIND DIRECTION MAY BE VARIABLE AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY...SUBJECT TO LOCAL EFFECTS NEAR THE BURN SITE. SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY AFTER THE FOG BURNS OFF THIS MORNING...WITH RH VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AS THE MIXED LAYER DEEPENS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7700-9400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 9 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........25 25 26 28 28 29 30 32 35 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ RH..............67 55 48 41 37 35 34 35 37 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 2 TO 3 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 2 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........38 50 63 73 76 75 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE RH..............40 45 51 60 71 83 20 FT WIND......W 3 NW 2 NE 2 E 2 E 2 E 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........70 59 48 42 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TSTM COV........S CHC S CHC RH..............93 87 65 53 20 FT WIND......SE 2G5 S 4G5 W 7G10 NW 9G15 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...GREG HENDERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120502.DRYSA.01/FGF