NOAA

National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Charleston, WV

• Home
• Site Map
• News
• Organization
• Search for: NWS All NOAA 

Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND

000
FNUS73 KFGF 172045
FWSFGF

SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN VALLEY...MN DNR - MIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
345 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1537 CDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NO SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON BUT CLOUD COVER DID ACT TO KEEP HUMIDITY
FROM DROPPING TOO MUCH. THE FORECAST WILL REMAIN THE SAME...PRETTY
MUCH OVERCAST CONDITIONS FOR THE WEEKEND AND BEYOND WITH COPIOUS
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RAMP UP A NOTCH SATURDAY GETTING CLOSE TO
20 MPH WITH THE OCCASIONAL GUST CLOSER TO 30. OF COURSE EXPECT
BRIEF HIGHER GUSTS IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING
                    AND OVERNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM
SKY (%).........92  92  92  92  92  92  93  94  96  98  99  98
WEATHER COV.....            SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....            TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM
TEMP............65  63  60  58  57  56  55  54  54  53  53  53
RH..............62  66  70  75  77  79  81  83  84  86  87  89
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..14  14  12  11  11  10  9   8   7   7   6   6
20 FT WIND GUST.25  20  20  20  20  15  15  15  10  10  10  10

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
SKY (%).........97        74        56        71
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD    SCTTRD    SCTTRD    SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM    TSTORM    TSTORM    TSTORM
TEMP............53        60        73        77
RH..............90        83        74        68
20 FT WIND......SE 6G10   SE 9G15   S 14G25   S 14G25

$$
FORECASTER...WJB
REQUESTED BY...DOUG MIEDTKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130517.GREEN.02/FGF