FNUS73 KFGF 031354 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR SANDY LAKE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 854 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON MAY 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MAINLY SUNNY SKIES WILL GIVE WAY TO PARTIAL SUNSHINE AS LOW CLOUDS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE BURN AREA MOVE IN AND DAYTIME HEATING CAUSES LOW CLOUDS TO DEVELOP IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE EAST. A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE FORECAST AREA WILL MOVE EAST WITH THE LOW CAUSING NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE AND MAY BE A BIT GUSTY AFTER NOON. WILL NEED TO MONITOR WIND SPEEDS FOR GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER NOON. MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY IS MORE UNCERTAIN AS IT WILL DEPEND HIGHLY ON CLOUDS AND TEMP...CURRENTLY EXPECTING RHS IN THE LOWER 40S BY THIS AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSION SHOULD BE EXCELLENT FOR A PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND TURN EAST LATER TONIGHT. NO RAIN IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT. THE RELATIVELY WET PERIOD WILL CONTINUE WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71. MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-6000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 12 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........53 50 47 45 45 45 45 46 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW TSTM COV........SCH SCH TEMP............62 65 67 68 68 68 68 67 RH..............56 50 47 45 45 45 45 47 20 FT WIND DIR..N N NW NW N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..7 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 20 18 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52. MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST UP TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......3900-5800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........47 47 49 53 62 73 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............65 60 56 54 52 50 RH..............50 58 66 69 74 80 20 FT WIND......N 9 N 6 N 4 NE 4 NE 4 NE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 5 5 5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66. MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........82 84 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............49 52 56 61 RH..............83 77 69 58 20 FT WIND......E 6G10 E 8G15 E 9G15 E 8G15 $$ FORECASTER...EWENS REQUESTED BY...LINDY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120503.SANDY.01/FGF