Fosston, Minnesota

Current Conditions

 
Temp: 43°
Dew Point: 37°
Humidity: 81%
Wind: NE 6 mph
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Pressure: 29.67 in. -
Sky: Overcast
Wind Chill: 39°

 

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Almanac

Average High: 33°

Average Low: 10°

Record high/year: 56° (1990)

Record low/year: -23° (1956)

Sunrise: 6:43 AM

Sunset: 6:22 PM

Detailed History

Sun and Moon

Sunrise: 06:43 AM (CST)

Moon Rise: 04:50 AM (CST)

Sunset: 06:22 PM (CST)

Moon Set: 02:23 PM (CST)

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5-Day Forecast

Thursday Rain Hi 43° Lo 34° Rain
Friday Chance of Snow Hi 41° Lo 31° Chance of Snow
Saturday Mostly Cloudy Hi 43° Lo 31° Mostly Cloudy
Sunday Mostly Cloudy Hi 43° Lo 34° Mostly Cloudy
Monday Partly Cloudy Hi 43° Lo 29° Partly Cloudy

 

Forecast for East Polk

Updated: 11:02 am CST on March 11, 2010

Rest of Today

Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of light rain. Patchy fog. Highs 35 to 40. Light winds becoming northeast around 10 mph in the afternoon.

 

Tonight

Cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening. Light rain likely in the evening...then chance of light rain or light snow after midnight. No snow accumulation. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

 

Friday

Cloudy. Slight chance of light rain or light snow in the morning...then chance of light rain in the afternoon. Highs 40 to 45. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

 

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of light rain in the evening...then slight chance of light rain or light snow after midnight. Lows 30 to 35. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

 

Saturday

Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

 

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy. Lows 30 to 35.

 

Sunday

Mostly cloudy. Highs 40 to 45.

 

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.

 

Monday

Partly sunny. Highs 40 to 45.

 

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy. Lows 30 to 35.

 

Tuesday

Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

 

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.

 

Wednesday

Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.

 

 

 Record Report  Statement as of 2:09 am CST on March 11, 2010


... New daily precipitation records set at Grand Forks... and the
Grand Forks and Fargo international airports...

Grand Forks set a new daily precipitation record for March 10th. A
total of 0.37 inches of precipitation fell on March 10th at the
National Weather Service office in Grand Forks... beating the
previous March 10th record of 0.28 inches of precipitation set in
1893.

The Grand Forks International Airport set a new daily precipitation
record for March 10th. A total of 0.31 inches of precipitation fell
on March 10th at the Grand Forks International Airport... beating the
previous March 10th record of 0.26 inches of precipitation set in
1982.

The Fargo international Airport set a new daily precipitation record
for March 10th. A total of 0.65 inches of precipitation fell on
March 10th at the Fargo Hector international Airport... beating the
previous March 10th record of 0.48 inches of precipitation set in
1904.



 Public Information Statement  Statement as of 10:36 am CST on March 11, 2010


... 3 day rainfall totals...

The following is a list of rainfall over the past 72 hours ending
at 8 am CST Thursday. Not all data has been quality controlled.
Additional rainfall is expected most areas over thte next 24
hours.

... North Dakota...

Jamestown ASOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .1.34
Grand Forks ASOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.91
Grand Forks Air Force base ASOS... ... ..0.85
Grand Forks NWS office... ... ... ... ... ..0.84
Fort Totten RAWS site... ... ... ... ... ... 0.81
Fargo ASOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.69
Devils Lake AWOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.68
Thief River Falls AWOS... ... ... ... ... ..0.64
Mayville cooperative station... ... ... ..0.63
Havana cooperative station... ... ... ... .0.55
Sheyenne RAWS site (e Ransom co.)... ... 0.51
Wahpeton AWOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.45
Lankin 9sw (walsh)... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.42
Forman cooperative station... ... ... ... .0.39



... Minnesota...


Caribou (roseau co)... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.86
Oslo... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.77
Agassiz wildflife Refuge (e marshall)..0.71
Moorhead cooperative observer... ... ... .0.69
Red Lake Falls (hughes elementary)... ..0.67
Thief River Falls AWOS... ... ... ... ... ..0.63
Breckenridge cooperative station... ... .0.62
Baudette RAWS site... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.62
Roseau RAWS site... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.57
Bemidji... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.55
Sabin cooperative observer... ... ... ... .0.54
Morris AWOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .0.53
Fergus Falls AWOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... .0.47
alexnadira ASOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.47
Baudette ASOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.46
Warroad AWOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.46
New York Mills cooperative observer... .0.34
Badoura RAWS site (hubbard co)... ... ... 0.32
Park Rapids ASOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.31
Detroit Lakes AWOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.27
Wadena AWOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .0.24


... South Dakota...

Sisseton cooperative observer... ... ... .0.70
Aberdeen ASOS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..0.60
Sisseton 18ne cooperative observer... ..0.44




Personal Weather Stations

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Location: MNDOT Brooks US-59 Mile Post 331, Brooks, MN

Updated: 12:24 PM CST

Temperature: 37 °F Dew Point: 36 °F Humidity: 93% Wind: NE at 7 mph Pressure: - Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in Windchill: 32 °F Historical Graphs

Location: MNDOT Mahnomen US-59 Mile Post 296, Mahnomen, MN

Updated: 12:21 PM CST

Temperature: 41 °F Dew Point: 39 °F Humidity: 90% Wind: NE at 6 mph Pressure: - Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in Windchill: 37 °F Historical Graphs

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NWS Forecaster Discussion




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Area forecast discussion...updated 
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 
1107 am CST Thursday Mar 11 2010 


Update... 
issued a pns for 3 day rain totals. 


Forecast about as expected. Next wave of rain entering our far 
southeastern forecast area at this time with rain entering Alexandria and 
Elbow Lake at 17z. Worrisome is some thunderstorms at St cloud and 
msp and areas of heavy rain on observation as radar shows band of precipitation is 
convective. Right now forecast is for 0.50 inch of addl rain in southern 
Red River basin but will need to watch for higher amts. Band of rain 
will overspread southern Red River and wctnr Minnesota this afternoon and reach northern 
valley in less intense Mode this evening. The light snow in the 
dvl basin has ended. Kept low probability of precipitation for rain/snow this afternoon but dont 
expect much. 


Did up probability of precipitation this evening over the Red River valley. Latest models 
continue with idea of another area of rain spreading in Friday so 
may well have to up probability of precipitation. Latest GFS hangs grunge and at least chance 
of drizzle through the weekend. 


&& 


Previous discussion... /issued 400 am CST Thursday Mar 11 2010/ 


Short term... 
the main forecast challenge is precipitation. When looking at the latest 
surface analysis...an area of low pressure is centered in MO...with 
an inverted trough extending through Iowa into west Minnesota. When comparing the 
models...the models remain generally in pretty good agreement 
through the rest of the work week. Therefore...ended up leaning 
toward the NAM solution for probability of precipitation and used a model blend for temperatures. 


The inverted trough remains pretty stationary through the area today 
as the initial surface low fills and the second upper level low gets 
absorbed into the current 500mb low that is stationary in the 
Central Plains. The result is continued periodic precipitation...with the 
bands of precipitation wrapping around the basically stationary low pressure 
system into Friday. 


Current radar imagery has one band moving east to west from east ND into 
central ND and another band lifting into S Minnesota. Timing the 
development and location of these bands continues to be a challenge. 
The potential for fog and drizzle remains between the precipitation 
bands...due to the high amounts of low level moisture. Dense fog has 
developed in parts of southeast ND and wc Minnesota...in vicinity of the lightest 
winds. Thus...will issue a dense fog advisory until noon and let the 
day shift monitor the fog dissipation. 


The model sounding profiles and surface temperatures continue to 
show temperatures primarily at or above freezing for today...just 
like the past couple of days...so kept the precipitation for today basically 
liquid. However...some colder air is still expected to try to work 
into the system from Canada...which could provide enough cooling to 
change the rain to snow...especially during the overnight hours on 
the west side of the inverted trough. However...with low level moisture 
remaining high...if precipitation can change over to snow...it will be 
difficult for any significant accumulation to occur. 


The low drifts east enough by Sat and a surface high pressure ridge 
builds in to finally cut off the precipitation potential. 


Long term [sun - mon]... 
the main challenges in the long term forecast are temperatures due 
to the potential for some sunshine early next week. The GFS and Gem 
model runs are in decent agreement...but the European model (ecmwf) is the outlier 
for precipitation and cloud cover. Leaned on the GFS and Gem. 


High pressure should influence the North Plains sun and Monday...keeping 
the region mostly dry. The European model (ecmwf) is the outlier...developing a 
small upper level low over the region...and indicating considerable 
precipitation along and east of the valley. Think this is a poor model run of 
the European model (ecmwf)...so leaned on the much drier GFS and Gem. The GFS and 
Gem imply at least partial cloud cover sun and Monday...so ignored 
the clearing on Monday that is implied by the European model (ecmwf). Temperatures 
look near to above normal. There should be some cooling west of the 
valley on Monday. 


Aviation... 
basically...IFR/MVFR ceilings and visibilities if fog and rain expected to 
continue today. Winds will remain from the north-NE around 10 kts as 
well. 


Hydrology... 
the rains have been light and steady...which has helped to 
compact the snow pack...but so far has not been heavy enough to do 
much more. Additional precipitation amounts for today into Sat are less 
than one quarter inch along and north of a Valley City to Ada to bji 
line. S of this line...additional amounts up to three-quarters of 
an inch are possible. 


&& 


Fgf watches/warnings/advisories... 
ND...none. 
Minnesota...none. 
&& 


$$ 
Riddle/ng 










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