FNUS73 KFGF 091013 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR JUNEBERRY THREE COMPLEX...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 513 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2018 CDT ON OCTOBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLOUDY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...CULMINATING WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR THAT LIGHT RAIN THIS EVENING. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR THE RAIN TO REACH THE GROUND THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THAT RAIN MAY EVAPORATE BEFORE HITTING WETTING THE GROUND BECAUSE OF THE DRY AIR NEAR THE SURFACE. THAT DRY AIR WILL GET PUSHED NORTH WHEN A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS HEADS DUE NORTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS...BRINGING WITH IT A DEW POINT SURGE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. THEREFORE...THE DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD QUICKLY RECOVER THIS EVENING WITH THE INCREASING DEW POINTS AND THE LIGHT RAIN. THE VERY LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME EASTERLY. THE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY THIS EVENING WHEN THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE FAIR/GOOD DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY...BUT BECOME POOR AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING. CLOUDY AND MORE HUMID WEATHER IS LIKELY MONDAY. LIGHT RAIN IS LIKELY. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WHICH WILL BE MOVING NORTH THROUGH SOUTHERN MANITOBA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........59 63 67 71 75 78 82 86 90 93 96 99 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ TEMP............44 44 45 49 52 55 58 60 61 62 62 61 RH..............85 83 78 75 69 55 49 47 43 41 43 46 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MAX HUMIDITY........92-97 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........100 100 98 94 88 83 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ TEMP............60 57 56 54 54 53 RH..............48 62 71 82 86 90 20 FT WIND......E 6 E 7 E 7 SE 6 SE 6 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 10 10 10 .COLUMBUS DAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72. MIN HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........80 84 90 89 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ TEMP............52 56 65 69 RH..............97 94 73 61 20 FT WIND......SE 5G10 SE 9G15 S 15G25 S 14G25 $$ FORECASTER...GROCHOCINSKI REQUESTED BY...DOUG MIEDTKE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20111008.JUNEB.02/FGF