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Spot Forecast for Putnam Piles...USFWS
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
821 AM CST Wed Jan 29 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on January 29.
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...

Westerly winds will shift to the south throughout the day, but
remaining between 5 to 10 mph. Southerly winds overnight will
again pinwheel back to the northwest and be slightly stronger on
Thursday. Humidity values will remain near 80 percent, even during
the middle of both Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 32.
Min humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph shifting to the south
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest 10
                    to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....(2800 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........76  72  68  70  72  74  71  68  66  64
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............24  23  25  27  28  30  31  32  32  31
RH..............92  92  92  89  85  81  81  82  82  81
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.9   9   11  12  12  12  13  13  12  11
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.4
Mixing wind dir.NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW
Mixing wind spd.5   5   10  10  10  15  10  10  10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3   3   4   6   11  11  11  8   7   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 20.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........Southwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west
                    early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....(2900 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........60     50     37     18     8      5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............29     27     26     27     26     26
RH..............85     88     88     85     85     92
20 ft wind......S 5    S 5    S 10   SW 10  SW 10  W 5
20 ft wind gust.11     12     14     14     14     13
Mix hgt (ft)....400    400    400    400    400    400
Mixing wind.....S 10   S 10   S 15   S 15   SW 15  W 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3      4      5      6      6      5

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 37.
Min humidity........82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northwest in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing winds........West 10 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest 5
                    to 10 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....(2500 knot-ft).

TIME (CST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........7         12        8         2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............25        25        32        37
RH..............96        92        82        82
20 FT wind......W 5G11    W 5G11    NW 5G12   NW 5G11
Mix hgt (ft)....400       400       500       500
Mixing wind.....W 15      W 10      NW 10     NW 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4         3         4         3

$$
Forecaster...BR
Requested by...Zachary Doffin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2501669.0/FGF
.DELDT 01/29/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL zachary_doffin@fws.gov