FNUS73 KFGF 231456 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR D NW...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 956 AM CDT SUN OCT 23 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0945 CDT ON OCTOBER 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK FRONT IS MOVING EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS IMPACTING THE SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEVILS LAKE TO GRAND FORKS TO BEMIDJI TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BACK TO WESTERLY LATER THIS MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........76 75 72 63 52 42 39 39 42 46 51 WEATHER COV.....SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ TEMP............46 46 49 51 54 56 58 60 60 59 57 RH..............81 85 79 71 66 57 53 49 49 51 53 20 FT WIND DIR..NW N W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..6 4 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36. MAX HUMIDITY........94-99 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........55 56 55 53 48 41 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............55 51 48 45 41 36 RH..............57 66 74 82 89 99 20 FT WIND......W 5 W 5 W 5 W 5 NW 6 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60. MIN HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........33 38 49 60 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............33 40 53 56 RH..............99 85 54 51 20 FT WIND......NW 6G10 NW 4G5 N 2G5 NE 2G5 $$ FORECASTER...LUKES REQUESTED BY...OSCAR KNUDTSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20111023.DNW__.01/FGF