Expires:200910082315;Remove:200910082315;692761 FPUS73 KFGF 081910 NOWFGF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 210 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054-082315- WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 210 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 .NOW... ISOLATED BRIEF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. INTENSE BUT BRIEF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SOME SNOW SHOWERS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE STARKWEATHER AND HALLOCK AREAS. RADAR ALSO SHOWS SCATTERED AREAS OF PRECIPITATION MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST. BRIEF VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. EXPECT MIXED SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON PERIOD. $$ JK