FNUS73 KFGF 291345 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR WAUBUN...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 845 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0100 CDT ON MAY 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A BAND OF WEAKENING SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM WILL LIFT OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THERE LIKELY WILL BE SOME DRY HOURS THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE MID 70S...RH IS FORECAST TO FALL TO AROUND 50 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. HOWEVER...WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AND VARIABLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY BECOMING CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81. MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300-4400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5500-6600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 6400-7700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4400-5700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 18 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........51 57 61 65 65 65 66 71 78 84 90 95 WEATHER COV.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSTM COV........ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT TEMP............59 64 69 74 76 77 78 78 78 78 77 75 RH..............87 75 66 59 53 52 52 52 52 55 59 65 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE E 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 10 10 15 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....61-66. MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900-1400 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........EAST 15 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 13 TO 22 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........99 98 98 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTM COV........LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY TEMP............71 67 65 64 63 63 RH..............71 84 89 90 93 93 20 FT WIND......E 6 E 8 E 9 SE 8 SE 8 SE 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 10 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...MAKOWSKI REQUESTED BY...JASON EKSTEIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130529.WAUBU.01/FGF