FNUS73 KFGF 281215 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR MORRISON...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 715 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT BROUGHT YESTERDAYS WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS DOWN FROM CANADA. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND FROM THE NORTH TODAY GRADUALLY SHIFTING AROUND TO THE EAST BY THIS EVENING. SKIES WILL GRADUALLY BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY AND ALTHOUGH MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BE DRIER THAN YESTERDAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL STILL BE AROUND 50 PERCENT. THE MIXING HEIGHT WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 4000 FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL BY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-3600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 9 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........78 78 78 77 75 70 64 57 51 46 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............37 39 41 43 45 47 49 50 50 50 RH..............89 82 76 67 62 58 56 54 54 52 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42. MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-3400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........43 46 55 67 79 91 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............49 44 40 39 39 39 RH..............54 68 79 79 76 76 20 FT WIND......NE 4 E 4 E 6 E 8 E 11 SE 12 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 15 15 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54. MIN HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1400-2600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 33 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........98 94 86 94 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ TEMP............39 41 45 50 RH..............79 82 79 71 20 FT WIND......SE 13G20 SE 17G20 SE 19G25 SE 12G20 $$ FORECASTER...JR REQUESTED BY...TROY BOSCHEE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120328.MORRI.01/FGF