FNUS73 KFGF 091239 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR GREGOR PASTURE FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 739 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0732 CDT ON MAY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND GUST UP TO 25 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 30S. WINDS WILL TURN EASTERLY AFTER SUNSET...THEN TO THE SOUTH FRIDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND TURN WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST AND IT WILL BECOME VERY WINDY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67. MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-5600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 16 TO 22 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........35 27 24 23 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............43 50 59 64 RH..............64 56 44 41 20 FT WIND......N 15G20 N 17G25 N 16G25 NE 16G25 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-39. MAX HUMIDITY........92-97 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2600-4400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 10 PM 1 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........28 26 28 16 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............60 50 44 38 RH..............46 70 86 92 20 FT WIND......NE 13G20 NE 7G10 NE 4G5 E 4G5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71. MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-5200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 21 TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........20 14 33 42 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ ISOLTD ISOLTD TEMP............38 54 65 68 RH..............89 53 40 37 20 FT WIND......S 5G10 S 8G10 SW 10G15 SW 15G20 $$ FORECASTER...DK REQUESTED BY...OSCAR KNUDTSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130509.GREGO.01/FGF