FNUS73 KFGF 021249 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR HAVERCAMP...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 749 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AREAS OF GROUND FOG AND LOW CLOUDS WILL START THE DAY IN NORTHWEST BECKER COUNTY. SUNSHINE ABOVE THE LOW CLOUDS SHOULD ALLOW THEM TO BURN OFF BY 11 AM. THIS WILL LEAVE A MOSTLY SUNNY DAY. PROVIDED THIS FORECAST HOLDS...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID 70S BY LATE TODAY AND SHOULD ALLOW HUMIDITY VALUES TO DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BUT IF LOW CLOUDS LINGER LONGER THAN EXPECTED THEN HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY BE COOLER AND THUS RH VALUES HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. WINDS MAY BE AN ISSUE AS WELL. A LIGHT GRADIENT WILL BE OVER THE AREA... GENERALLY THOUGH WINDS WILL TRY TO BECOME WEST OR SOUTHWEST LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE VARIABLE BY LATE IN THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE LIGHT...UNDER 10 MPH. DUE TO LIGHT WINDS AND LIGHT GRADIENT... WIND DIRECTIONS MAY PLAY HAVOC AS LOCAL EFFECTS COULD INFLUENCE DIRECTION. SHOWERS WILL MOVE IN OVERNIGHT GIVING UNDER A QUARTER OF AN INCH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77. MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9300-10600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 3 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 21 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........24 29 32 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............67 72 74 74 RH..............40 31 28 29 20 FT WIND......W 8 W 8 W 6 SW 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56. MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST UP TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 3 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........41 54 68 77 74 65 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE TEMP............73 68 63 59 56 54 RH..............31 39 48 57 69 77 20 FT WIND......SW 3 S 3 SE 3 E 4 E 4 E 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72. MIN HUMIDITY........39-44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800-6500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 6 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 23 TO 24 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...RIDDLE REQUESTED BY...CORY HENRY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120502.HAVER.01/FGF