National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

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

000
FNUS73 KFGF 162022
FWSFGF

SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN VALLEY...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
322 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1509 CDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN VIRGA
SHOWERS...STREAMERS OF PRECIPITATION EVAPORATING BEFORE REACHING
THE GROUND BUT BRINGING SOME STRONGER AND ERRATIC WINDS TO THE
SURFACE. WINDS ARE BASICALLY EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH...BUT MAY
BRIEFLY BECOME ERRATIC AT SPEEDS UP TO 25 MPH IF A DRY SHOWER
HAPPENS TO COME OVER THE WILDFIRE LOCATION. OTHERWISE...TRUE
MOISTENING WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING YIELDING RAIN SHOWERS TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY. MORE COPIOUS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL
SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEKEND INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. A
SOAKING AMOUNT OF MOISTURE THAT WILL KEEP HUMIDITY MINIMA FAIRLY
HIGH THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN
                    THE EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM
SKY (%).........74  76  77  78  78  78  78  79  80  81  82  83
WEATHER COV.....            ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT
WEATHER TYPE....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP............69  67  64  61  59  58  57  56  55  53  52  51
RH..............32  36  41  44  48  49  51  52  53  57  58  60
20 FT WIND DIR..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT WIND SPD..5   5   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  15  15

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
SKY (%).........84        88        89        86
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD    SCTTRD    ISOLTD    ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
TEMP............50        55        59        62
RH..............63        61        60        58
20 FT WIND......E 8G15    E 11G20   SE 12G20  SE 12G20

$$
FORECASTER...WJB
REQUESTED BY...DOUG MIEDTKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130516.GREEN.02/FGF