FNUS73 KFGF 101339 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR VIKING FIRE...MNDNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 839 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0815 CDT ON OCTOBER 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN INCREASED CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS THE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. LIQUID ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. LIGHT WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BECOME WEST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. WITH COOL HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 40S TODAY AND CLOUD COVER INCREASING...RH IS ONLY EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 60 PERCENT. WINDS MAY BE LIGHT FOR A PERIOD THIS EVENING BEFORE BECOME NORTHWEST BEHIND A SURFACE TROUGH. DRY WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY. AS THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST ON FRIDAY...WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RH IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 50 TO 60 PERCENT ON THURSDAY...AND 35 TO 45 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45. MIN HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 4900-6200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 3200-4200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 3 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 18 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........76 76 76 76 76 76 77 79 81 84 88 91 WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN TSTM COV........ TEMP............28 31 34 37 39 41 42 42 41 40 37 34 RH..............94 88 78 72 70 65 65 65 67 73 82 92 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SE 20 FT WIND SPD..1 3 4 6 7 8 8 7 6 5 4 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29. MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........95 88 81 74 63 53 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............34 32 32 31 30 28 RH..............96 96 96 96 96 96 20 FT WIND......SE 2 N 3 NW 5 NW 8 NW 9 NW 9 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 15 15 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43. MIN HUMIDITY........52-57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-3800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5200-7100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3100 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 13 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........47 55 63 56 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............26 32 38 40 RH..............96 80 67 57 20 FT WIND......NW 10G15 NW 11G15 NW 12G15 NW 12G15 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...MARK HALE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121010.VIKIN.01/FGF