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FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR LANDERS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
743 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH CLOUDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
TODAY...HOWEVER NO PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR. WINDS WILL LIKELY VARY
SOMEWHAT FROM SOUTHEAST TO EAST SOUTHEAST. SPEEDS WILL COME UP TO
AROUND 10 MPH BY 3 TO 5 PM. HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN BE LOW...DROPPING
TO NEAR 30 PERCENT BY MID-AFTERNOON. TUESDAY WILL BRING MORE
SUN...POTENTIALLY MEANING EVEN DRIER AIR. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL
REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
RH..................40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10
                    MPH FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1200-43600) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (39100-58600) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500-8800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 9 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............52     57     59     60     57     51
RH..............50     40     28     21     25     38
20 FT WIND......SE 7   SE 7   SE 6   SE 6   SE 7   SE 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     10     10     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2000-35800).
MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62.
RH..................MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-50800) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (54700-55600) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500-7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 13 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDLEIN
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090413.LANDE.01/MPX