FNUS73 KFGF 291420 AAA FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR HELIKSEN PRARIRIE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 920 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0604 CDT ON APRIL 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... THE FORECAST IS BEING UPDATED TO REFLECT HIGHER WIND SPEEDS LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...TO BETWEEN MINOT AND BISMARCK AND THEN SLOW DOWN AND STRENGTHEN TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THIS MORNING AND BLOW AT 25 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS AT TIMES UP TO 40 MPH MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BUT STILL REMAIN ELEVATED UNTIL LATE NIGHT. LOOK FOR AN INCREASE OF HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING AND THEN MID CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS WILL ENTER THE AREA BUT NOT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST CHANCE HOLDING OFF UNTIL AFTER 7 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT WILL BE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70. MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. SOUTHEAST WINDS 21 TO 26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........47 49 50 50 50 50 51 52 55 61 68 76 83 90 WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............41 42 41 43 47 51 55 58 62 64 66 67 67 67 RH..............65 65 70 70 60 54 49 44 39 38 36 36 36 37 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 9 8 12 15 18 20 22 23 23 23 23 23 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 20 25 30 35 35 40 40 40 40 40 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46. MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........95 98 96 91 84 77 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............66 60 54 50 47 44 RH..............38 49 66 83 83 89 20 FT WIND......SE 23 SE 22 SE 19 SE 12 S 10 S 8 20 FT WIND GUST.40 35 30 20 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...ROGERS REQUESTED BY...STEVE SCHUMACHER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110429.HELIK.01/FGF