FNUS73 KFGF 031220 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR HOWITZ...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 720 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... RAIN FOR YOUR BURN AREA SHOULD BE FINISHED BY IGNITION TIME AS THERE WILL BE WEAK SHOWER ACTIVITY IN THE AREA UNTIL THEN. WINDS WILL BE NORTH AT 10 TO 15MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 20MPH. HOW MUCH CLEARING AND HOW WARM THE AREA GETS...UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60... WILL CAUSE SOME UNCERTAINTY AS THE MIN RHS WILL RANGE IN THE MID 40S TO AROUND 50. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BECOME GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62. MIN HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........67 63 59 56 51 47 43 40 39 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW TSTM COV........ TEMP............47 50 53 56 58 59 59 59 59 RH..............76 71 66 59 55 53 53 53 51 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 11 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46. MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-4800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 12 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........39 44 54 65 74 81 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ TEMP............58 53 49 46 45 44 RH..............53 61 71 76 76 79 20 FT WIND......NE 10 NE 9 NE 8 E 6 E 6 E 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62. MIN HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-3800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 14 TO 20 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........86 85 81 81 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC TEMP............43 49 53 57 RH..............82 74 71 64 20 FT WIND......E 8G15 E 12G20 E 12G20 SE 11G15 $$ FORECASTER...KAISER REQUESTED BY...CHRIS ROED TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120503.HOWIT.01/FGF