High Wind Watch 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

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WWUS73 KFGF 112010
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
210 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015


NDZ014-024-028-038-049-052-130200-
/O.UPG.KFGF.HW.A.0003.151112T1500Z-151113T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0019.151112T1600Z-151113T0100Z/
BENSON-EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
MINNEWAUKAN...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...
ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...FORMAN...RUTLAND
210 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY.
THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 58 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS
OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

MNZ029-040-NDZ006-015-026-029-039-053-130100-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0019.151112T1900Z-151113T0100Z/
WILKIN-GRANT-TOWNER-RAMSEY-NELSON-STEELE-CASS-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...ELBOW LAKE...HOFFMAN...
ASHBY...HERMAN...BARRETT...CANDO...DEVILS LAKE...LAKOTA...
MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...FINLEY...HOPE...FARGO...WAHPETON
210 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS
OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$
PJS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
303 AM CST WED NOV 11 2015

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 AM CST WED NOV 11 2015

THE MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE WIND POTENTIAL ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH
SNOW SHOWERS...TEMPS AND AVIATION CONCERNS. MODELS ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT OVERALL WITH LARGE SCALE FEATURES...WITH THE GFS
CONTINUING TO PERFORM WELL.

FOR TODAY...A LARGE AREA OF LOW CLOUDS AND PERHAPS SOME DRIZZLE AT
TIMES SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING MUCH IF
ANY MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WITH THE MAIN STORM MOVING WELL
SOUTH OF THE FA. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RECOVER MUCH AT ALL TODAY
AND BE NEARLY STEADY IN SOME AREAS WITH THICK CLOUD CANOPY ALL
DAY.

FOR TONIGHT...THERE COULD BE SOME LIGHT RAIN PERHAPS MIXED WITH A
FEW FLAKES IN THE FAR EAST CLOSER TO LARGE STORM IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. ALL OTHER AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE CLOUDS AS THE NEXT
SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE NW. TEMPS MAY NOT COOL MUCH IF WE
REMAIN CLOUDY...BUT WE COULD BREAK OUT FOR A FEW HOURS WITH FOG
NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN SOME AREAS.

ON THURSDAY...A STRONG SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE
REGION. THERE WILL BE AN AREA OF VERY STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING IN
THE WEST THU MORNING THEN TRANSLATING EAST BY AFTERNOON. THERE
WILL BE 50KT TO MIX VERY EFFICIENTLY IN THE WEST BY 15Z THU INTO
THU EVENING. WE WILL THEREFORE ISSUE A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THIS
POTENTIAL IN THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES. ANOTHER POTENTIAL HAZARD
WILL BE SNOW SHOWERS THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE HIGHER WINDS INTO THE
VALLEY BY AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES WHEN STRONGER WINDS COMBINE WITH HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. WE
WON/T MENTION BLOWING SNOW IN THE GRIDS...SINCE IT WILL DEPEND ON
WHERE SNOW FALLS...BUT MENTION IN THE HWO AND NPW TO HEIGHTEN
AWARENESS. TEMPS WILL BE COOL IN THE MID 30S NORTH TO AROUND 40
SOUTH.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 AM CST WED NOV 11 2015

FOR THU NIGHT...WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST.
THERE WILL BE AN AREA OF SNOW SHOWERS THAT SHOULD WRAP AROUND LOW
THAT COULD RESULT IN AN INCH OR TWO PERHAPS IN THE FAR EAST.

ON FRIDAY...IT WILL BE DRY WITH STRONG WAA PATTERN DEVELOPING BY
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL RECOVER BACK INTO THE 40S FOR THE
WEST AND UPPER 30S FAR NORTHEAST.

FOR SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE WEEKEND STILL LOOKS VERY NICE AS
THE PERIOD STARTS OFF WITH ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. VERY MILD AIR RETURNS
BOOSTING WEEKEND HIGHS WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH DRY WEATHER. PATTERN
THEN TRANSITIONS TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AS A TROUGH DIGS ACROSS THE
WESTERN STATES. MODELS SHOW THE TROUGH DEEPENING AND FORMING A
CLOSED LOW OVER THE DESERT SW INTO TX. TO THE NORTH A WEAKER TROUGH
ALSO MOVES THRU MON/TUE THAT COULD SPREAD SOME LOW PCPN CHANCES
ACROSS THE AREA. BUT MORE NOTICEABLE WILL BE TEMPS DROPPING BACK TO
MORE NORMAL LEVELS BY TUE.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1139 PM CST TUE NOV 10 2015

MAINTAINED LIFR/IFR CIGS AND PATCHY BR THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
MOST GUIDANCE STARTS LIFTING CIGS INTO MVFR RANGE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. PCPN CHANCES TOO SPOTTY TO MENTION IN ANY TAF SITE.

&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
     FOR NDZ014-024-028-038-049-052.

MN...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...DK
LONG TERM...GODON/DK
AVIATION...VOELKER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
529 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2015

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-111130-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
529 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH
THE MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.