000 FNUS53 KFGF 291242 FWFFAR FIRE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 740 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2001 ...7 AM HAINES INDEX IS A 6... ...ANOTHER WARM DAY IS IN STORE FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS... STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY ACROSS ALL BUT THE DEVILS LAKE AREA...WHERE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE TODAY AFTER 4 PM. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER THAN ON SATURDAY...AND RANGE FROM 35 TO 45 PERCENT. A COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...THEN PROGRESSING EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK...WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-291855- BENSON-CAVALIER-EDDY-RAMSEY-TOWNER- INCLUDING MADDOCK...LANGDON...NEW ROCKFORD...DEVILS LAKE...CANDO 740 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2001 .TODAY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURE - 75 TO 80 MINIMUM HUMIDITY - 40 TO 45 PERCENT 20 FOOT WIND - SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING WEST AFTER 5 PM PRECIPITATION - SCATTERED 0.25 INCH AMOUNTS HOURS OF SUNSHINE - 2 TO 4 MIXING LAYER - 4500 FEET THIS MORNING...BECOMING UNLIMITED BY 5 PM TRANSPORT WINDS - SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING WEST AFTER 5 PM DISPERSION - 112,500 HAINES INDEX - 4 LOW .TONIGHT...DECREASING CLOUDS. LOW TEMPERATURE - 45 TO 50 MAXIMUM HUMIDITY - 82 TO 87 PERCENT 20 FOOT WIND - WEST 5 TO 10 MPH PRECIPITATION - NONE .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURE - 65 TO 70 MINIMUM HUMIDITY - 40 TO 45 PERCENT 20 FOOT WIND - WEST 10 TO 15 MPH PRECIPITATION - NONE HOURS OF SUNSHINE - 6 TO 8 .EXTENDED FORECAST... .TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE 40S. HIGH IN THE 70S. .WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. LOWS IN THE 40S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-291855- CLAY-KITTSON-NORMAN-WEST MARSHALL-WEST POLK-WILKIN-BARNES- CASS COUNTY ND-EAST WALSH-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-NELSON-PEMBINA-RANSOM- RICHLAND-SARGENT-STEELE-TRAILL-WEST WALSH- INCLUDING MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ADA...WARREN...CROOKSTON... BRECKENRIDGE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...CAVALIER...LISBON...WAHPETON...FORMAN...MAYVILLE... ADAMS 740 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2001 .TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURE - 78 TO 83 MINIMUM HUMIDITY - 38 TO 43 PERCENT 20 FOOT WIND - SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH TURNING SOUTHWEST AFTER 3 PM AND DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH PRECIPITATION - SCATTERED 0.25 INCH AMOUNTS HOURS OF SUNSHINE - 4 TO 6 MIXING LAYER - 2500 FEET THIS MORNING...BECOMING 5000 FEET BY 5 PM TRANSPORT WINDS - SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER 5 PM DISPERSION - 75,000 HAINES INDEX - 6 (HIGH) THIS MORNING...LOWERING TO A 3 (VERY LOW) AFTER 5 PM .TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE MIDNIGHT... OTHERWISE DECREASING CLOUDS. LOW TEMPERATURE - 45 TO 50 MAXIMUM HUMIDITY - 82 TO 87 PERCENT 20 FOOT WIND - WEST 5 TO 10 MPH PRECIPITATION - SCATTERED 0.25 INCH AMOUNTS .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURE - 67 TO 72 MINIMUM HUMIDITY - 40 TO 45 PERCENT 20 FOOT WIND - SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH TURNING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH BEFORE MIDNIGHT PRECIPITATION - NONE HOURS OF SUNSHINE - 6 TO 8 .EXTENDED FORECAST... .TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE 40S. HIGH IN THE 70S. .WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. LOWS IN THE 40S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-030>032-040-291855- EAST BECKER-EAST MARSHALL-EAST OTTER TAIL-EAST POLK-GRANT-HUBBARD- LAKE OF THE WOODS-MAHNOMEN-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-ROSEAU-SOUTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH CLEARWATER-WADENA- WEST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL- INCLUDING FOSSTON...ELBOW LAKE...PARK RAPIDS...BAUDETTE... MAHNOMEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...ROSEAU...BEMIDJI... BAGLEY/LAKE ITASCA...WADENA...DETROIT LAKES...FERGUS FALLS 740 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2001 .TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE. HIGH TEMPERATURE - 79 TO 84 MINIMUM HUMIDITY - 32 TO 37 PERCENT 20 FOOT WIND - SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH PRECIPITATION - SCATTERED 0.25 INCH AMOUNTS LATE HOURS OF SUNSHINE - 6 TO 8 MIXING LAYER - 2500 FEET THIS MORNING...BECOMING 5000 FEET BY 5 PM TRANSPORT WINDS - SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER 5 PM DISPERSION - 75,000 HAINES INDEX - 6 (HIGH) THIS MORNING...LOWERING TO A 3 (VERY LOW) AFTER 6 PM .TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW TEMPERATURE - 45 TO 50 MAXIMUM HUMIDITY - 92 TO 97 PERCENT TO 87 PERCENT 20 FOOT WIND - SOUTH 12 TO 17 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1 AM PRECIPITATION - SCATTERED 0.25 TO 0.50 INCH AMOUNTS .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURE - 67 TO 72 MINIMUM HUMIDITY - 40 TO 45 PERCENT 20 FOOT WIND - WEST 10 TO 15 MPH PRECIPITATION - NONE HOURS OF SUNSHINE - 6 TO 8 .EXTENDED FORECAST... .TUESDAY...NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. LOW IN THE 40S. HIGH IN THE 70S. .TUESDAY NIGHT...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE 40S. .WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY WEDNESDAY...OTHERWISE NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. LOWS IN THE 40S. HIGHS IN THE 60S. $$ DJK