FNUS73 KFGF 161921 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR HOYKENS...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 221 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1402 CDT ON OCTOBER 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH CLOUDS INCREASING AND RAIN SHOWERS EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6AM. ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND SHOWERS WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30MPH MORNING HOURS BETWEEN 8 AND 11AM. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........39-44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........32 32 33 34 35 37 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............68 69 70 70 68 66 RH..............47 45 45 44 44 47 20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW SW S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 8 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 20 TO 24 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........41 54 69 82 86 86 WEATHER COV..... LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD TEMP............64 61 59 57 56 54 RH..............50 58 64 67 67 69 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 9 S 10 S 9 SW 9 SW 11 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56. MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 30 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........85 88 90 93 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TSTM COV........ TEMP............51 53 53 50 RH..............71 63 57 54 20 FT WIND......W 13G20 W 20G30 W 20G30 W 19G30 $$ FORECASTER...KAISER REQUESTED BY...STEVE SCHUMACHER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121016.HOYKE.01/FGF