FNUS73 KFGF 232205 FWSFGF Spot Forecast for CUBA WMA Rx-Burn...Minnesota Department of Natural Resources National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 505 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 24. 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. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... Red Flag conditions will continue through the remainder of the afternoon. For tomorrow, relative humidity values will likely fall fairly quickly once again as vertical mixing will be solid. However, winds will be fairly light and generally 10-15 mph by the afternoon. This means that wind direction in the morning may be fairly variable based on localized terrain influences, but direction will settle on west to southwest by the afternoon. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of rain late in the afternoon. Max temperature.....Around 53. Min humidity........28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL. Mixing winds........West 15 to 20 mph. Smoke dispersal.....53600 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 96200 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........20 23 16 31 24 39 32 46 51 Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH Weather type.... RN RN RN Tstm cov........ Temp............39 43 45 47 49 51 52 53 53 RH..............57 49 45 40 36 33 31 28 29 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W SW 20 FT wind spd..15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.20 20 20 20 19 18 18 18 16 Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 3.7 4.3 4.4 5.1 5.9 6.4 7.0 7.4 Mixing wind dir.W W W W W W W W W Mixing wind spd.20 20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..54 59 69 66 76 83 90 91 96 .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of rain in the evening. Slight chance of snow late in the evening. Min temperature.....Around 37. Max humidity........64 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south in the late evening and overnight. Mixing height.......0 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the south overnight. Smoke dispersal.....89800 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing to 0 knot-ft late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........37 46 34 45 56 59 62 65 64 62 61 59 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RN RN RN RN RS RN RN Tstm cov........ Temp............52 52 50 47 44 42 42 41 40 39 39 38 RH..............29 29 34 38 43 46 48 50 52 57 57 59 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.14 14 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...7.5 7.1 1.1 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 Mixing wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW S SE S S S SW Mixing wind spd.1510 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..90 71 8 0 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Max temperature.....Around 54. Min humidity........35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL. Mixing winds........Southwest 10 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....2300 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 87400 knot-ft in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........56 54 49 45 40 44 48 52 54 57 59 59 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............37 37 40 43 46 49 51 52 53 54 54 53 RH..............64 64 57 53 47 42 39 38 36 35 36 39 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind gust.11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.6 1.2 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.8 6.5 7.0 7.0 6.3 Mixing wind dir.SW SW W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW Mixing wind spd.10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 4 10 18 27 40 56 70 82 87 84 69 $$ Forecaster...AP Requested by...Greg Henderson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2611470.0/FGF .DELDT 04/23/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL greg.henderson@state.mn.us