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Spot Forecast for Stony Brook...FWS
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
735 AM CDT Wed May 6 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 06.
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...

Mostly cloudy and cool day. Northwest winds remain elevated but
not quite as strong as Tuesday. Gusts 18-22 mph anticipated this
afternoon. Lowest RH values mid 40s percent


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 46.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 21
                    mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Northwest 15 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....(72800 knot-ft).

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64  68  72  76  76  76  75  73
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............41  40  41  42  43  44  45  45
RH..............54  52  50  51  49  47  45  46
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.15  16  16  18  18  18  19  18
Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 5.7 6.1 6.5 6.7 6.7 7.0 7.0
Mixing wind dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W
Mixing wind spd.15  15  15  20  20  15  20  20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..74  86  92  104 107 103 112 113

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 31.
Max humidity........85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    north late in the evening, then becoming light
                    late in the evening becoming southeast around 5
                    mph overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 10 to 15 mph shifting to the north around
                    5 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
                    east late in the evening shifting to the south
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....100900 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing
                    to 2000 knot-ft late in the night.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........71  65  59  53  47  41  34  28  26  24  21  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............45  46  44  41  39  38  37  36  35  33  33  32
RH..............45  43  49  57  62  64  70  72  72  78  78  82
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  N   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..10  10  5   5   5   0   0   0   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.18  16  12  7       5   5   5       6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...6.7 6.0 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4
Mixing wind dir.W   W   NW  NW  N   E   SE  SE  S   S   S   S
Mixing wind spd.15  15  10  5   5   5   5   5   5   10  10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..101 84  19  4   3   2   2   2   2   2   3   3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    west late in the morning.
Mixing height.......9200 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........South around 5 mph shifting to the west 10 to
                    15 mph in the late morning and afternoon, then
                    increasing to around 20 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....2100 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to
                    91300 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to
                    (103300 knot-ft) in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...DR
Requested by...Millette
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2612895.0/FGF
.DELDT 05/06/26
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.EMAIL phil_millette@fws.gov