FNUS73 KFGF 221301 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR PINTAIL...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 801 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... YOUR BURN SITE IS NEAR WHERE THE WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SET UP TODAY. THIS WILL MAKE THE FORECAST TRICKY WITH THE WINDS AND TEMPS. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT WINDS WILL BECOME SE AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25MPH. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE WINDS STAYED EASTERLY IF WARM FRONT DOES NOT LIFT NORTH OF YOUR BURN SITE. MIN RHS WILL DEPEND ON CLOUDS AND TEMPS WITH MIN RHS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 45 PERCENT. THE WARM FRONT MAY DEVELOP THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSION IS EXPECTED TO BE FAIR. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80. MIN HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1900-3100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........EAST 8 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........72 65 61 62 64 69 74 80 WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW TSTM COV........ ISO ISO ISO TEMP............64 67 70 72 74 75 76 77 RH..............65 62 60 57 54 53 51 51 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E SE SE SE S 20 FT WIND SPD..11 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MAX HUMIDITY........89-94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 17 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 7 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........84 88 86 80 76 64 WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS TEMP............76 72 66 63 59 56 RH..............54 68 86 90 93 94 20 FT WIND......S 17 SE 9 SE 6 S 8 W 10 W 11 20 FT WIND GUST.25 15 10 10 15 15 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74. MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8600-10000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 18 TO 26 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........46 31 24 23 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............55 62 70 71 RH..............91 64 43 37 $$ FORECASTER...KAISER REQUESTED BY...CHRIS ROED TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120522.PINTA.01/FGF