FNUS73 KFGF 191951 FWSFGF Spot Forecast for North Germany Rx Burn...Minnesota Department of Natural Resources National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 251 PM CDT Tue May 19 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1500 CDT on May 21. 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 sunny skies and highs climbing into the upper 60s Thursday afternoon. Afternoon RH values will fall into the 30 to 35 percent range. Winds will increase out of the south, reaching up to 10 mph with gusts around 20 mph by ignition time. Winds will continue out of the south to southeast Thursday night into Friday, with clouds starting to increase and slightly cooler temperatures and higher RH values. Chances for precipitation late Friday afternoon into Friday night. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph. Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL. Mixing winds........South around 20 mph. Smoke dispersal.....(98500 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........26 30 33 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............67 67 67 RH..............33 33 33 20 FT wind dir..S S S 20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.20 20 20 Mix hgt (kft)...6.6 6.8 6.3 Mixing wind dir.S S S Mixing wind spd.20 20 20 Vrate kt-ft/1K..103 108 99 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Min temperature.....Around 41. Max humidity........82 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph early in the evening. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southeast 10 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....80100 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing to 4200 knot-ft late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........36 39 37 36 34 40 47 53 49 46 42 46 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............67 66 63 59 55 52 50 48 46 44 42 42 RH..............33 34 38 45 53 59 61 65 71 76 82 82 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.20 19 18 15 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 4.2 3.0 1.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Mixing wind dir.S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Mixing wind spd.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..80 60 39 21 8 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 64. Min humidity........43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southeast 10 to 15 mph increasing to around 20 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....5500 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 69100 knot-ft in the afternoon.TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........51 55 54 53 52 56 60 64 66 68 70 73 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Temp............43 45 48 52 56 58 60 61 62 62 62 62 RH..............82 76 68 59 51 47 46 44 43 44 44 44 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.12 13 14 14 15 16 19 20 21 21 21 21 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.8 1.4 2.2 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.1 Mixing wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Mixing wind spd.10 10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 8 18 34 52 63 68 69 69 66 60 52 $$ Forecaster...JR Requested by...Greg Henderson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2614047.0/FGF .DELDT 05/19/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL greg.henderson@state.mn.us