FNUS73 KFGF 102155 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR PELAN REIGNITION...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 455 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1700 CDT ON MAY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFT LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE WILL REMAIN AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH...BECOMING SLIGHTLY LESS AFTER SUNSET. THE WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BY MIDNIGHT...LIKELY BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD (AROUND AN HOUR...MAYBE TWO HOURS) OF GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR RIGHT AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH WINDS SLIGHTLY DIMINISHING LATER ON. POST FRONTAL SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDER IS EXPECTED...PRIMARILY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82. MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........30 32 36 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............80 81 80 RH..............27 26 27 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..20 21 21 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 30 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 17 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 17 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........40 52 63 73 82 88 91 91 87 81 74 66 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY TEMP............74 72 70 67 64 60 56 53 51 49 47 46 RH..............37 39 42 49 54 60 69 77 80 83 86 86 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..20 18 18 15 22 22 15 13 13 12 11 11 20 FT WIND GUST.30 25 25 20 30 30 25 20 20 20 20 15 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........57 40 29 25 27 24 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............46 50 55 59 60 61 RH..............83 63 49 37 33 28 20 FT WIND......NW 11 NW 15 NW 17 NW 18 NW 18 NW 16 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 30 25 25 $$ FORECASTER...TG REQUESTED BY...JONATHAN EERKES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120510.PELAN.01/FGF