FNUS73 KMPX 181315 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR PIESKE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 815 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. 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.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 54. RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (24300-39100). TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............45 48 51 53 53 52 RH..............79 68 61 57 57 61 20 FT WIND......N 10 N 10 N 9 N 10 N 11 N 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 20 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 92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49. RH..................MIN 61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...HULTQUIST REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090418.PIESK.01/MPX