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Spot Forecast for Jordheim SA Piles...U.S. Forest Service
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
549 AM CST Wed Dec 4 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 CST on December 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please call the NWS in Grand Forks at 701-795-5127 for additional
information and monitor our website (www.weather.gov/fgf) or NOAA
All-Hazards Radio for the latest updates.

.DISCUSSION...

Very windy today with north-northwest winds gusting over 40 mph
into early evening.   Occasional snow showers.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of snow
                    in the morning and early afternoon. Patchy
                    blowing snow late in the morning. Areas of
                    blowing snow in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 28.
Min humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Windy. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
                    to around 32 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph
                    with gusts to around 41 mph in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 30 to 35 mph becoming around 30 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....22500 knot-ft early in the morning increasing
                    to 114200 knot-ft in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........96  94  89  85  80  76  73  71  68  66  63  60
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC ARS ARS ARS
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  BSN BSN BSN
Tstm cov........
Temp............32  28  24  20  15  13  11  12  11  9   9   8
RH..............85  81  81  80  80  80  80  73  69  76  72  72
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..15  15  15  20  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  25
20 FT wind gust.25  26  26  32  40  40  40  41  41  41  40  37
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.1 1.7 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.1 1.8
Mixing wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Mixing wind spd.30  35  35  35  40  40  40  40  40  35  30  30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..23  33  50  87  100 105 110 114 89  82  58  46

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Blowing snow in
                    the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 2 below.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts
                    to around 34 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in
                    the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20
                    mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....48900 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
                    to 6500 knot-ft late in the night.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........58  54  50  46  47  48  48  40  33  23  19  19
Weather cov.....ARS DEF ARS PTY
Weather type....BSN BSN BSN BSN
Tstm cov........
Temp............7   6   5   4   5   4   3   3   3   3   2   1
RH..............72  76  79  83  79  79  83  83  83  83  83  87
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..25  20  20  20  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.34  32  28  25  23  21  18  19  18  16  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6
Mixing wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   NW  N   NW
Mixing wind spd.30  30  30  25  25  25  20  20  20  15  15  15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..49  29  19  15  17  22  21  19  15  11  7   7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 11.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southwest late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5
                    mph late in the morning, then shifting to the
                    southwest in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....(3800 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........24  42  44  50  45  45  43  41  38  36  48  59
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............0   1   1   1   3   5   6   7   8   9   9   8
RH..............87  83  83  87  83  79  79  76  76  76  76  76
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.13  11  11  9   9   9   9   9   11  11  11  9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.9
Mixing wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW
Mixing wind spd.15  10  10  5   5   5   5   5   10  10  10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6   5   5   4   4   6   7   8   8   9   9   8

$$
Forecaster...DR
Requested by...Erik Danko
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2427714.0/FGF
.DELDT 12/04/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Erik.danko@usda.gov