FNUS73 KFGF 091843 AAA FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR GREGOR PASTURE FIRE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 143 PM 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... A DRIER AIR MASS...COMBINED WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ARE RESULTING IN RH VALUES AT 1 PM CDT ALREADY NEAR 30 PERCENT AT THE WILD FIRE SITE. DO NOT ANTICIPATE MUCH MORE DRYING TODAY...BUT WITH A FEW MORE DEGREES OF WARMING...MINIMUM RH VALUES THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED IN THE MID 20 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL PERSIST FROM THE NORTHEAST...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 25 MPH. 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. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4400-5600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 16 TO 18 MPH. TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TSTM COV........ TEMP............65 66 67 66 RH..............29 28 30 33 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..19 19 18 18 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-39. MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........0 4 9 13 13 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTM COV........ TEMP............65 59 50 45 40 37 RH..............34 58 78 89 89 92 20 FT WIND......NE 16 NE 11 NE 6 NE 4 E 4 SE 4 20 FT WIND GUST.25 15 10 5 5 5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. 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 (%).........9 14 29 58 WEATHER COV..... SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........ ISOLTD ISOLTD TEMP............36 50 63 67 RH..............89 53 40 37 20 FT WIND......S 5G10 S 8G10 SW 10G15 SW 15G20 $$ FORECASTER...ROGERS REQUESTED BY...OSCAR KNUDTSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130509.GREGO.01/FGF