FNUS73 KFGF 070950 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR DONELY TILMAN...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 450 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0434 CDT ON APRIL 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. IT APPEARS THE COLD FRONT AND WIND SHIFT WILL MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 8 AND 10 AM. A BRIEF SHOWER IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...BUT ANY SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT AND SCATTERED. ONLY MODEST TEMPERATURE RISES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES PEAKING IN THE LOWER 50S. THIS AFTERNOON...SKIES ARE FORECAST TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY. WEST WINDS WILL BE STRONG BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AND AS THE MIXING LAYER DEEPENS TO OVER 7500 FT. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH HUMIDITY VALUES CLIMBING ABOVE 60 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56. MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 21 TO 26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7900-8500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 23 TO 32 MPH INCREASING TO WEST AROUND 43 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........79 76 71 65 58 52 47 48 50 53 57 59 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ TEMP............47 48 49 50 52 52 53 53 52 51 50 49 RH..............65 61 57 53 48 46 44 41 40 40 39 39 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..13 15 16 18 20 22 24 25 26 26 26 24 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 25 25 30 35 35 40 40 40 40 35 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36. MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6400-8200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 36 TO 45 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 18 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........60 52 41 31 29 29 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............47 44 41 38 35 34 RH..............40 42 46 52 59 63 20 FT WIND......W 23 W 18 W 13 W 11 W 9 W 9 20 FT WIND GUST.35 25 20 15 15 15 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54. MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9300-10600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 32 TO 38 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........31 31 32 33 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............33 39 48 51 RH..............66 50 34 29 20 FT WIND......W 10G15 W 18G30 W 22G35 NW 24G35 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...STEVE SCHUMACHER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120407.DONEL.01/FGF