FNUS73 KFGF 171148 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR HEARTLEBEN...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 648 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MAY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 25 MPH AT TIMES. BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...WINDS MAY SHIFT SLIGHTLY TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST. DURING THE EARLY EVENING...SOUTH WINDS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 MPH. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE QUITE WARM...WITH HIGHS REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 80S. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE WILL INCREASE...WITH THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE GOOD TO VERY GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700-5200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 17 TO 23 MPH. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........39 37 36 35 34 33 32 32 32 31 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............61 65 70 74 78 81 84 85 86 86 RH..............60 55 48 44 40 38 36 36 35 36 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S S SW 20 FT WIND SPD..17 17 17 17 17 16 16 15 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63. MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........31 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............84 81 77 74 72 70 69 67 65 63 61 60 RH..............38 42 48 52 55 58 59 63 67 72 78 82 20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..10 8 7 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-4100 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 4000-5700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 13 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 31 TO 33 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........32 34 36 36 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............61 74 84 89 RH..............80 53 40 35 20 FT WIND......S 11G15 S 16G25 S 20G30 S 21G30 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...JEFF OLSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120517.HEART.01/FGF