FNUS73 KMPX 181317
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR LANDERS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
817 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 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 MINNESOTA TODAY AND THIS
EVENING. SOME VERY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS THE
DAKOTAS... BUT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FROM THESE SHOWERS WAS NOT
REACHING THE GROUND. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW SPRINKLES... DO NOT
EXPECT ANY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL TONIGHT... THEN
SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OFF AND ON INTO SUNDAY MORNING... WITH TOTAL
AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY... AVERAGING 10 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
GETTING INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS GIVEN
THE LOWER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED MOISTURE... WITH READINGS BOTTOMING
OUT NEAR 55 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 53.
RH..................57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (31900-42200).

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............51     52     52     51     47     44
RH..............61     57     58     66     76     82
20 FT WIND......N 10   N 11   N 12   N 14   N 14   N 14
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     25     25     20
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49.
RH..................MIN 63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HULTQUIST
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090418.LANDE.01/MPX