NZUS43 KFGF 151927 RRA
WRKFWD

.DISCUSSION...

RH is currently in the 40s across central North Dakota with values
will to fall to 35-40 percent for all areas expect far northwest
Minnesota. Thursday will see gusty winds and a sharp temperature
difference as a cold front drops southeast. Highs in the 30s and 40s
in northeast North Dakota and 70s and low 80s perhaps from Valley
City to Thief River Falls and east into the Red Lakes. In the warm
sector RH values will drop to 25-30 percent but remain much higher
in the colder airmass in the 40 to 60 range. Southerly winds of 20
mph gusting near 30 in the warm sector paired with these low RH have
been enough to justify an SPS for near critical fire weather in much
of northwest Minnesota. Light rain and snow will develop in eastern
North Dakota and spread east Thursday evening into Friday.