FNUS73 KFGF 071100 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUESTEM PRAIRIE...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 600 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON JUNE 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL SPREAD CLOUD COVER AND ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. WHILE SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE AREA NEAR IGNITION TIME THE ODDS OF HAVING RAIN IS QUITE LOW. HOWEVER...AS THE RAIN FALLS INTO THE DRIER SUB CLOUD LAYER...THIS MAY TRANSPORT HIGHER WINDS MAKING FOR GUSTY AND VARIABLE WIND NEAR THE SHOWERS. THE BEST TIME FOR SHOWERS WILL BE AFTER 2 PM...BUT AGAIN THE LIKELIHOOD IS QUITE LOW. ACTUAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN 0.10 INCH ARE FORECAST. POOR DISPERSION WILL IMPROVE RAPIDLY TO GOOD BY MID MORNING. SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE LATE IN THE EVENING...BUT THE CHANCES FOR RAIN INCREASES FOR LATE SATURDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900-8000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........57 58 59 59 59 58 58 57 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH TEMP............66 67 68 68 69 69 70 70 RH..............59 55 52 50 49 48 46 46 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57. MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........57 58 59 60 64 68 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............69 65 60 57 55 55 RH..............48 64 77 82 89 89 20 FT WIND......S 5 SE 5 SE 7 SE 8 SE 9 SE 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75. MIN HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-5900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 14 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 24 TO 31 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........70 66 63 73 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC TEMP............57 69 71 69 RH..............80 63 60 71 20 FT WIND......SE 10G15 SE 15G20 SE 16G25 SE 16G25 $$ FORECASTER...EWENS REQUESTED BY...MATT MECKLENBERG TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130607.BLUES.01/FGF