FNUS73 KFGF 021235 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR WIRTH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 735 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLEARING OCCURRED OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT THE SHOWERS TO THE AREA TUESDAY. THE CLEARING OVERNIGHT COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS AND MOIST GROUND ALLOWED BY CONSIDERABLE GROUND FOG TO FORM. THE FOG IS RATHER PATCHY..BUT DENSE IN SOME AREAS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT SUNSHINE ABOVE THE FOG LAYER WILL BURN OFF THE FOG PRETTY QUICKLY...BUT IN SOME SPOTS IT COULD TAKE TIL 10 AM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WEST- SOUTHWEST LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BUT LIKELY BECOME MORE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. SPEEDS TODAY WILL BE LIGHT AS WELL...UNDER 10 MPH. THE LIGHT WIND SPEEDS MAY MAKE FOR A VARIABLE WIND SITUATION AT TIMES. SO IN OTHER WORDS WIND DIRECTION CONFIDENCE IS A BIT LOWER THAN NORMAL THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY AND THE OVERALL LIGHT WIND SPEEDS COULD PROVE HAVOC. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S SHOULD ALLOW FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 30 PERCENT RANGE BY LATE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77. MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9200-10500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........25 26 29 31 36 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............59 64 70 73 74 RH..............67 49 36 31 31 20 FT WIND......NW 5 W 6 W 6 W 5 SW 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 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. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56. MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......8600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 3 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 12 TO 14 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........42 55 69 78 76 69 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 TEMP............73 68 63 59 56 54 RH..............35 42 50 60 72 81 20 FT WIND......S 3 S 3 SE 3 E 3 E 3 E 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-6500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 14 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 24 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. $$ FORECASTER...RIDDLE REQUESTED BY...TROY BOSCHEE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120502.WIRTH.01/FGF