FNUS73 KFGF 161141 FWSFGF Spot Forecast for Blazing Star/Contractors Lease...The Nature Conservancy National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 641 AM CDT Thu Apr 16 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 16. 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... A weak trough has made it southward to Moorhead-Lake Park area and winds are light easterly 5 mph. The expectation is that mid morning will see the low levels mix out and winds to return to a southern direction and be that way into the afternoon gusting over 25 mph. Very warm today with lowest RH values around 30 percent. Colder air moves in tonight and much colder Friday. Some light precipitation but a wetting rain or snow is not anticipated. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Max temperature.....Around 74. Min humidity........35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to around 20 mph with gusts to around 28 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 10 to 15 mph increasing to southwest 30 to 35 mph. Smoke dispersal.....4700 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 94000 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to (147000 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........28 22 16 14 11 9 19 29 39 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............49 55 61 66 70 72 73 74 73 RH..............73 66 60 50 41 38 37 35 35 20 FT wind dir..SE S S S S S S S SW 20 FT wind spd..10 10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 FT wind gust.14 15 19 23 26 27 28 28 26 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.8 1.6 2.4 3.7 5.3 6.5 8.0 6.7 Mixing wind dir.S S S S S S S S SW Mixing wind spd.10 15 15 25 30 30 35 35 30 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 10 22 49 94 148 197 233 172 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Min temperature.....Around 30. Max humidity........89 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph shifting to the north early in the evening. Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest around 20 mph shifting to the north early in the evening. Smoke dispersal.....41100 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing to 19800 knot-ft late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........49 55 61 72 80 83 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............70 58 50 44 39 36 RH..............44 60 67 76 82 82 20 ft wind......NW 20 N 15 N 20 N 20 N 20 N 20 20 ft wind gust.23 22 23 25 26 26 Mix hgt (ft)....2300 1300 1300 1300 1500 1400 Mixing wind.....NW 20 N 20 N 20 N 20 N 25 N 20 Vrate kt-ft/1K..41 23 22 26 34 28 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of light freezing rain and light sleet in the morning. Chance of snow through the day. Max temperature.....Around 34. Min humidity........65 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to around 32 mph. Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 25 to 30 mph. Smoke dispersal.....31500 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 87600 knot-ft in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...DR Requested by...Eric Hoff Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610498.0/FGF .DELDT 04/16/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ehoff@tnc.org