FNUS73 KFGF 291355 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR GLACIAL RIDGE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 855 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR A THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THE EXACT TIMING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...BUT MUCH OF THE DAY IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S...RH IS FORECAST TO FALL TO AROUND 45 PERCENT. LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME EAST TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH. HOWEVER...WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AND VARIABLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82. MIN HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100-6000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5200-7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........EAST 10 TO 17 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........63 64 64 64 68 72 77 82 87 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT TEMP............74 77 78 79 79 78 78 76 75 RH..............55 51 50 49 49 48 49 53 56 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SE SE E E 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....61-66. MAX HUMIDITY........89-94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1200-2300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 18 TO 23 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........90 94 97 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY OCNL OCNL OCNL WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY OCNL OCNL OCNL TEMP............74 69 67 65 63 63 RH..............62 75 80 84 92 94 20 FT WIND......E 8 E 8 E 8 E 9 E 10 E 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...DARRIN FRANCO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130529.GLACI.01/FGF