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  

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FORECASTER...KAISER
REQUESTED BY...JASON EKSTEIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120517.SHARP.01/FGF