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SPOT FORECAST FOR MILLER HILLS SOUTH...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
757 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
PREVALENT NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BURN SITE TODAY IN ADVANCE
OF AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SLIDING TOWARD THE AREA. A MOSTLY SUNNY SKY
WILL BE PRESENT BY IGNITION TIME...WITH WINDS BETWEEN 6 AND 9 MPH. AS
MIXING ENSUES DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL DECREASE INTO THE MID 30S FOR AFTERNOON MINIMUMS. BY SATURDAY...WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST...AND GRADUALLY CLIMB TO AROUND 10 MPH BY THE
AFTERNOON. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........38 AT IGNITION...MAX 48.
RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2600-37200).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000-4800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 10 TO 14 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............33     38     44     47     48     46
RH..............58     54     45     38     37     40
20 FT WIND......NE 5   NE 6   NE 7   NE 7   NE 7   NE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 5
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1700-28500).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56.
RH..................MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2400-43000) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (56000-70500) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-5800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 13 TO 18 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090410.MILLE.02/MPX