FNUS73 KFGF 161150 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR REGISTER...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 650 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... TODAY WILL SEE INCREASING CLOUD COVER FROM THE WEST AT THE PRESCRIBED BURN SITE. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 70 DEGREES AND WITH VERY SLOWLY RISING DEW POINT TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON... THE MINIMUM RH IS EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT NEAR 35 PERCENT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING CHANCES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZES ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...BUT ANY ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. LOOKING AHEAD...A MUCH MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES 50 PERCENT OR HIGHER. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 8600-10500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 8000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........56 61 65 69 72 75 77 79 81 WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ TEMP............62 65 67 69 70 70 70 69 67 RH..............44 41 39 37 36 38 38 40 45 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 10 11 12 12 11 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........83 87 90 92 93 93 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ TEMP............65 60 56 54 52 50 RH..............48 53 64 74 83 89 20 FT WIND......SE 9 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71. MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 21 TO 28 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 28 TO 32 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........92 90 87 84 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ TEMP............51 58 66 68 RH..............86 69 54 54 20 FT WIND......SE 8G10 SE 8G15 SE 9G15 SE 10G15 $$ FORECASTER...ROGERS REQUESTED BY...RICK LITZINGER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130516.REGIS.01/FGF