FNUS73 KMPX 181457
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MILLE LACS RX 2...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
957 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 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. 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
6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS GETTING INTO THE 10 TO 15 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 40 PERCENT BY EARLY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
RH..................67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (24900-47200).

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                                   S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............42     47     52     55     55     54
RH..............81     63     53     47     43     40
20 FT WIND......N 9    N 7    N 6    N 6    N 7    N 7
20 FT WIND GUST.15     10     10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (28600-43800).

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FORECASTER...HULTQUIST
REQUESTED BY...BURN BOSS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090418.MILLE.01/MPX