FNUS73 KFGF 061257 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR BAKER WPA...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 757 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0810 CDT ON MAY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR A PERIOD LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN MAINLY UNDER 10 MPH. A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...BUT MUCH OF THE RAIN WILL LIKELY STAY NORTH OF THE BURN SITE. SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT AS DRY AIR PUSHES IN. THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW MUCH THE RH WILL DROP THIS AFTERNOON. IF SKIES CLEAR OUT A BIT MORE RAPIDLY...RH MAY FALL A BIT LOWER THAN EXPECTED. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63. MIN HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 6 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........98 96 94 92 88 84 79 73 66 58 49 40 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ TEMP............52 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 58 59 60 60 RH..............86 86 86 86 86 86 85 84 82 80 75 70 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E SE S S SW W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 7 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 20 TO 26 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........31 25 23 23 25 22 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ 20 FT WIND......W 6 SW 5 S 4 SW 6 SW 7 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 10 10 15 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-3000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6600-6700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 24 TO 30 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........25 44 65 73 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ 20 FT WIND......SW 8G15 W 15G25 W 17G25 W 17G25 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...JASON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120506.BAKER.01/FGF