FNUS73 KFGF 211416 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR OLSON EAST...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 916 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS AT THE PRESCRIBED BURN SITE TODAY. A DRY...DEEP MIXED LAYER THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW LIGHT SOUTHERLY WIND THIS MORNING TO BECOME SUSTAINED FROM 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID 70S WITH A MINIMUM RH BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A BETTER CHANCE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED TONIGHT...SHIFTING SLIGHTLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300-4800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6400-8000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 9100-9600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 6200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........57 66 72 76 78 82 84 WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO TEMP............72 74 74 73 72 71 69 RH..............28 27 29 29 32 36 42 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 11 12 11 10 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 9 TO 18 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........86 89 92 94 89 87 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD TEMP............66 61 58 57 56 53 RH..............50 61 71 79 85 94 20 FT WIND......S 7 SE 8 SE 10 SE 10 E 10 SE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...ROGERS REQUESTED BY...RANDY PRACHAR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120521.OLSON.01/FGF