205 FNUS73 KFGF 171348 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR SHARPTAIL...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 848 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... PLENTY OF SUN WITH SOUTH WINDS TODAY FOR YOUR BURN. WINDS AND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON THEN GRADUALLY LESSEN THROUGHOUT THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON AND BE AROUND 10 MPH BY EARLY EVENING. MIN RHS FORECAST TRICKY TODAY THINKING AROUND 30 PERCENT HOWEVER SOME GUIDANCE SUGGESTS DOWN TO 20 PERCENT SO WILL NEED TO MONITOR ITS DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. GOOD MIXING WILL GIVE SMOKE DISPERSION AN EXCELLENT RATING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81. MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 TO 22 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........30 29 29 29 30 30 31 33 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............65 68 71 75 77 78 78 77 RH..............42 38 37 36 35 34 35 36 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..16 16 15 15 13 11 10 9 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 20 20 20 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........34 38 41 43 41 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............75 68 62 58 56 55 RH..............37 50 61 82 95 100 20 FT WIND......S 8 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86. MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 29 TO 31 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........35 36 40 48 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............57 71 81 83 RH..............96 61 45 43 20 FT WIND......SE 5G10 SE 8G10 SE 12G20 SE 16G25 $$ FORECASTER...KAISER REQUESTED BY...JASON EKSTEIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120517.SHARP.01/FGF