FNUS73 KFGF 061552 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHWAY 1 UNIT 21...MN RLA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1052 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MAY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT PARTLY SUNNY SKIES TODAY AT THE PRESCRIBED BURN SITE AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN. WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S...COMBINED WITH A RELATIVELY DRY AIR MASS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO FALL TO AROUND 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE NEAR 5 MPH THROUGH THE DAY WITH A SOUTHWEST DIRECTIONAL PREFERENCE. FOR TONIGHT...CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT SOUTHERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID 40S WITH A MAXIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY APPROACHING 90 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69. MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-5800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........38 32 26 20 18 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............62 64 65 66 66 66 RH..............51 48 46 44 42 41 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 5 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47. MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......3200-4600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........19 15 16 20 18 19 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............64 59 54 50 47 44 RH..............42 52 64 75 85 91 20 FT WIND......SW 3 S 3 S 3 S 3 S 3 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5400-7100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........24 20 31 28 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............46 64 69 70 RH..............90 59 45 40 20 FT WIND......S 4G5 S 7G10 S 10G15 SW 10G15 $$ FORECASTER...ROGERS REQUESTED BY...JOE HARRIS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130506.HIGHW.01/FGF