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SPOT FORECAST FOR PEASLEE RICE LAKE...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
853 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES WILL REACH TO NEAR 75 ACROSS THE ST. CROIX RIVER
VALLEY AS PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAIL. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL NOT BE
AS LOW AS THE PRIOR DAYS...BUT STILL DOWN TO NEAR 25 PERCENT DURING
THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AS WELL THANKS TO
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILING. THE WARMTH AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL
BEGIN TO FADE ON SATURDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
BY LATE ON SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................36 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 7 AND 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-50100) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (43000-63600) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6300-8100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............56     62     69     73     74     71
RH..............44     36     30     26     25     28
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 7    SW 9   SW 9   SW 7   SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      5      5      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63.
RH..................MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-40600).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-4300 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 9 TO 16 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDLEIN
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT WEYENBERG
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090417.PEASL.01/MPX