FNUS73 KFGF 302042 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR SILO WILDFIRE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 342 PM CDT SUN OCT 30 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1530 CDT ON OCTOBER 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AS FAR AS THE POTENTIAL FOR EAST WINDS THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT CALLS FOR DECREASING NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING. BY MIDNIGHT THEY SHOULD BECOME LIGHT WEST-SOUTHWEST. THEN BY MORNING EXPECTING THEM TO BECOME LIGHT SOUTH. HOWEVER AS YOU KNOW LIGHT ALSO MEANS VARIABLE. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN UP MORE BY MID MORNING MONDAY BRINGING STEADIER SOUTH WINDS. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SURFACE INVERSION FORMING TONIGHT WHICH IS ALWAYS MOST PRONOUNCED BY DAYBREAK OR WITH THE LIGHT WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48. MIN HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4400 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 9 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........94 91 89 92 97 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ TEMP............44 44 44 44 44 RH..............65 65 62 62 62 20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-31. MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........100 92 87 82 69 51 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............43 40 37 35 31 29 RH..............65 70 75 78 88 96 20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 5 W 3 SW 3 SW 4 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 10 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54. MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1100-2700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 24 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 24 TO 31 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........34 58 63 53 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............28 36 47 51 RH..............100 75 51 46 20 FT WIND......S 5G10 S 10G15 S 14G25 S 15G25 $$ FORECASTER...GODON REQUESTED BY...STEVE SCHUMACHER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20111030.SILOW.01/FGF