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SPOT FORECAST FOR GREY CLOUD DUNES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
752 AM MDT SAT APR 18 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR GREY CLOUD DUNES...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
730 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE ACROSS MISSOURI AND THEN INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVER THE
WEEKEND.  SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE LOW ACROSS IOWA... AND
THESE WILL SLOWLY TRY TO WORK NORTH INTO THE AREA TODAY AND THIS
EVENING. THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY... CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO
THICKEN... BUT PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL TONIGHT THEN
CONTINUE ON AND OFF INTO SUNDAY MORNING... WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF A
AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL
GIVE WAY TO NORTHERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH BY AFTERNOON... WITH A
FEW GUSTS OF 10 TO 15 MPH POSSIBLE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE
HIGHER THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS GIVEN THE LOWER TEMPERATURES AND
INCREASED MOISTURE... WITH READINGS BOTTOMING OUT NEAR 40 PERCENT BY
MID AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-39200).

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............51     55     60     63     66     64
RH..............67     60     52     45     40     41
20 FT WIND......NW 5   N 6    N 6    N 6    N 7    N 7
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 48.
RH..................MIN 56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.


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REQUESTED BY...RUSS SMITH
REASON FOR REQUEST...ESSENTIAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY, E.G. DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF
POPULATION CENTERS OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.