FNUS73 KFGF 061134
FWSFGF

SPOT FORECAST FOR GLACIAL RIDGE...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
634 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE WILL GENERATE A LIGHT SOUTHEAST FLOW THIS
MORNING THAT WILL STRENGTHEN AND TURN A BIT MORE SOUTHERLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. THE WIND DIRECTION MAY BE QUITE VARIABLE UNTIL MID MORNING
WHEN THE INVERSION BREAKS.

A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SPREAD WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA AFTER-NOON. MOST AREAS WILL
NOT SEE RAIN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8700-9600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 9
                    TO 17 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........54  57  60  63  67  70  73  75
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............57  60  64  66  67  68  68  68
RH..............49  42  37  33  32  31  31  33
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SE
20 FT WIND SPD..8   8   8   8   8   7   6   5
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST UP TO
                    5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 5
                    TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........77     78     78     77     78     78
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............67     62     56     52     49     47
RH..............36     46     58     69     77     83
20 FT WIND......SE 5   E 6    SE 5   S 4    SE 4   SE 4
20 FT WIND GUST.       10            5      5      5

$$
FORECASTER...EWENS
REQUESTED BY...JASON EKSTEIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110506.GLACI.01/FGF