FNUS73 KFGF 021310
FWSFGF

SPOT FORECAST FOR PARNELL RLWD...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
810 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
I THINK FOG AND LOW CLOUDS WILL BURN OFF RATHER QUICKLY THIS MORNING.
BUT AREAS HAVE BEEN PATCHY. SATELLITE SHOWS CLEARING CROOKSTON
NORTH TO WARREN AND THE FOG/LOW CLOUDS SOUTH OF CROOKSTON TO GRAND
FORKS AND POINTS SOUTH INTO NORMAN COUNTY. BEST ESTIMATE FOR ALL
FOG AND LOW CLOUD BURNOFF WILL BE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. SKIES TODAY
WILL THEN BE MOSTLY SUNNY. WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY THIS MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON AT AROUND 10 MPH...BEFORE MORE VARIABLE WIND
DIRECTION BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH FORECAST HIGHS
FOREAST TO REACH THE LOWER 70S TODAY...HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD
REACH DOWN INTO THE 20S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY DENSE FOG
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 8 TO 13 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7800-9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 26 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........25     21     23     29
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TSTM COV........
TEMP............63     69     72     73
RH..............47     31     24     23
20 FT WIND......W 12   W 13   W 11   W 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     15     15

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FORECASTER...RIDDLE
REQUESTED BY...LARRY ANDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120502.PARNE.01/FGF