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FNUS73 KFGF 281346
FWSFGF

SPOT FORECAST FOR DRULER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS NORTH DAKOTA
846 AM CDT WED APR 28 2004

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...


DISCUSSION...
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH LATE THIS MORNING
WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TO THE NORTH THIS
EVENING AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW AND MID 70S IN EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EARLY AFTERNOON...TO NEAR 90 IN
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND
20 PERCENT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
LATE THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE QUICKLY INTO SOUTHERN AREAS BY LATE
AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
NEW ROCKFORD TO GRAND FORKS TO THIEF RIVER FALLS TO WASKISH LINE.

CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY IMPROVE AFTER 10 PM THIS EVENING...AS WINDS
SLOWLY SUBSIDE AND HUMIDITY VALUES RISE QUICKLY WITH THE THREAT FOR
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE REGION.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
...

DISCUSSION...

FOR PLANNED IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT 4/28/04
   SKY / WEATHER.......PARTLY CLOUDY/NONE BECOMING CLOUDY WITH RAIN
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE AFTERNOON
   TEMPERATURE.........75...MAX 85
   RH..................25%...MIN 17%
   WIND...EYE LEVEL....SW 20-30 GUSTING TO 35 MPH SHIFTING TO
NORTHWEST 25-30 MPH THIS EVENING

FOR TONIGHT
   SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY CLOUDY/NONE
OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW
   SKY / WEATHER.......MOSTLY CLOUDY/NONE
   TEMPERATURE.........MAX 45-50
   RH..................MIN 40-45%
   WIND...EYE LEVEL....NW 20-25 MPH

FORECASTER...MML

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REQUESTED BY...OSCAR KNUDTSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...UNDER THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES (USFS, BLM, NPS, USFWS, BIA).