FNUS73 KFGF 091242 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR DAHLER SLOUGH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 742 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND GUST UP TO 20 MPH AT TIMES BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE DRY WITH NO PRECIPITATION...AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES INTO THE MID 40S. WINDS WILL TURN EASTERLY AFTER SUNSET...THEN TO THE SOUTH FRIDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND TURN WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST AND IT WILL BECOME VERY WINDY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67. MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 14 TO 17 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........64 60 56 54 55 58 60 55 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............54 57 59 61 62 63 64 64 63 RH..............69 65 60 58 56 54 52 52 52 20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41. MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........45 37 28 20 14 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............62 56 51 46 41 38 RH..............54 62 68 73 81 83 20 FT WIND......NE 11 E 8 E 5 E 5 E 6 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69. MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-5700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 21 TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........15 11 19 37 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ ISOLTD ISOLTD TEMP............40 52 60 66 RH..............73 51 44 36 20 FT WIND......SE 6G10 S 7G10 S 9G15 SW 11G15 $$ FORECASTER...DK REQUESTED BY...TROY BOSCHEE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130509.DAHLE.01/FGF