FNUS73 KFGF 221500
FWSFGF

SPOT FORECAST FOR WINNER OPENINGS...MNDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1000 AM CDT WED APR 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE OVER AREA THIS MORNING. EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE
WINDS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL SWITCH TO
SOUTHEAST BY 2 PM. WINDS WILL THEN STRENGTHEN AS LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL ACTUALLY BE
STRONGEST TONIGHT AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
HUMIDITY STARTED HIGH THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD DROP TO VERY DRY
VALUES NEAR 30 PERCENT BY MID THIS AFTERNOON. SUNNY SKIES AND
TEMPS NEAR 60 TODAY. POOR SMOKE DISPERSION THIS
MORNING...BUT GOOD AFTER 2 PM.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7 TO
                    12 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-3800 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 17
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........41     50     64     73
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............43     49     51     51
RH..............48     39     32     39
20 FT WIND......E 5    SE 6   SE 9   SE 12
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     15

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FORECASTER...GROCHOCINSKI
REQUESTED BY...S  LAUDENSLAGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090422.WINNE.01/FGF