FXUS63 KFGF 280251
AFDFGF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
850 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2009

.SHORT TERM...FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR UPDATE CONCERNS TEMPERATURES 
AND LATE PCPN CHANCES.

WEAK TROUGH BISECTING FA FROM NE/SW AND SHOULD CLEAR FA BY MORNING. 
COLD ADVECTION BEHIND FEATURE MINIMAL AND HAS ABOUT BOTTOMED OUT 
ACCORDING TO RUC. NOT MUCH FOR MIXING HOWEVER FAIRLY DENSE CI TO 
AFFECT FA OVERNIGHT AND MAY OFFSET LACK OF WIND FOR TEMPERATURE 
DROP. DRIEST LOW LEVEL AIR CURRENTLY OVER NW FA AS WELL AS AREA OF 
COOLEST COLUMN. MAY NEED TO LOWER MINIMUMS THIS AREA A DEGREE OR 
TWO. ELSEWHERE HIGHEST DEWPOINTS ACROSS SOUTHERN FA AND WILL BE 
WARMEST OVERNIGHT. OVERALL TEMPERATURES REASONABLE SO NO BIG CHANGES 
PLANNED. AS FAR AS LATE NIGHT PCPN POTENTIAL UPSTREAM RETURNS FROM 
CANADIAN RADARS WEAKENING WITH EASTWARD SHIFT AND NOT MUCH HAPPENING 
FROM METARS EXCEPT FOR SE AB. WITH THIS WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY FOR 
REMAINDER OF NIGHT.  

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.AVIATION...EXPECT VFR CIGS AND VSBYS WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST FOR THE RED RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WELL 
AFTER MIDNIGHT AT BJI. THE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT. CLOUDS WILL 
THICKEN AND LOWER AT DVL TOMORROW MORNING...BUT LOOK LIKE THEY WILL 
REMAIN VFR UNTIL AT LEAST 18Z.

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.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

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