FNUS73 KFGF 060948 FWSFGF Spot Forecast for 4 Square Mile BL...USFWS National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 448 AM CDT Wed May 6 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 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... One more day with the upper low in the area. Overall mostly cloudy, but there will be some sunny breaks. Isolated shower may occur this afternoon. Afternoon RH values in the mid 40s percent, possibly as low as 40 percent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of snow showers early in the afternoon. Slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 42. Min humidity........48 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 12 to 17 mph. Gusts 20-23 mph late morning and early afternoon. Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....7700 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 83500 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........82 81 81 80 78 75 73 74 75 76 75 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RS RS RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............35 34 31 35 36 37 38 40 40 41 42 RH..............59 64 75 61 59 56 54 50 52 50 48 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.13 14 14 16 18 19 19 19 18 18 16 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.8 3.2 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.1 5.5 5.5 Mixing wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W Mixing wind spd.10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 23 49 57 71 79 84 83 82 83 82 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Slight chance of rain showers early in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 27. Max humidity........88 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the evening becoming light, then becoming south around 5 mph after 3 am. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Northwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the north around 5 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the southeast overnight shifting to the south overnight. Smoke dispersal.....75400 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing to 1800 knot-ft late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........74 69 64 59 45 23 Weather cov.....S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............42 40 36 33 31 29 RH..............48 55 64 72 78 81 20 ft wind......NW 5 NW 5 N 0 SE 0 S 0 S 5 20 ft wind gust.15 11 5 5 6 7 Mix hgt (ft)....5400 2600 500 400 400 400 Mixing wind.....W 15 NW 10 N 5 E 5 S 5 S 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..75 23 2 2 2 2 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Max temperature.....Around 53. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph early in the morning, then shifting to the west in the late morning and afternoon shifting to the northwest late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......8400 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west 10 to 15 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....2100 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 87900 knot-ft in the afternoon increasing to (114700 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...DR Requested by...Eric Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2612881.0/FGF .DELDT 05/06/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL eric_mark@fws.gov,bradley_oen@fws.gov,jason_westholter@fws.gov