FNUS73 KFGF 090034 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR VIKING FIRE...MNDNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 734 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1924 CDT ON OCTOBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... RAIN SHOWERS ARE CURRENTLY SCATTERED AROUND EXTREME NW MINNESOTA...THIS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY...WHEN FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL GENERATE SOME SNOW FLAKES AS WELL. SO TUESDAY SHOULD BE GOOD AND NASTY...TEMPS IN THE 30S WITH STRONG WINDS AS WELL. BELIEVE WEDNESDAY WILL OFFER SOME DRY TIME AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35. MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........96 95 92 89 87 84 83 84 87 89 92 94 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............38 38 37 37 36 35 35 34 34 34 33 32 RH..............100 100 100 100 100 100 96 96 96 96 96 100 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W W SW SW W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 5 4 4 5 6 7 9 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 15 15 15 15 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43. MIN HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 30 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300-5800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO NORTH 22 TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........96 95 91 86 82 77 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............32 34 37 39 40 39 RH..............100 92 79 73 67 70 20 FT WIND......NW 9 NW 12 NW 15 NW 17 NW 17 NW 15 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 30 30 25 $$ FORECASTER...WJB REQUESTED BY...MARK HALE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121008.VIKIN.01/FGF