FNUS73 KFGF 110000 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR MU 3 SUB UNITS 2-4...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 700 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... SUNDAY WILL SEE MUCH LESS WIND...BUT ALSO THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO FORECAST. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN MOVE EAST. LOOK FOR A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND THROUGH NOON ON SUNDAY (5 MPH OR LESS IN SPEED). THEN THE WIND DIRECTION WILL TURN MORE EAST OR SOUTHEAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER WYOMING. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME AS ON SATURDAY BUT DEW POINT TEMPERATURES WILL BE A TAD HIGHER DUE TO LESS MIXING. BUT STILL MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S BY MID AFTERNOON. HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN AS WELL. ANY CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 8 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 7 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 17 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........46 46 46 47 49 51 53 56 58 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............41 46 51 55 58 60 61 62 62 RH..............50 43 37 33 30 28 27 26 26 20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE SE E E 20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 10 .SUNDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44. MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 13 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 13 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 8 PM 10 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........61 65 69 74 81 88 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............60 53 51 48 45 43 RH..............30 40 47 56 62 67 20 FT WIND......E 7 E 8 E 8 E 7 E 7 SE 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 10 10 10 15 $$ FORECASTER...RIDDLE REQUESTED BY...JEFF OLSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100411.MU3SU.01/FGF