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SPOT FORECAST FOR HANSON...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
817 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0825 CDT ON APRIL 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DEEP LOW WILL SLOWLY PUSH ACROSS MICHIGAN TODAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE WORKS ITS WAY TOWARD THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY. PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL REMAIN TIGHT ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS ERN MN AND WRN WI...
WHERE WINDS WILL AGAIN BE GUSTING TO 30 MPH OUT OF THE NW BY THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE AREA DRY THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE THE AREA TURNS
INTO A WETTER PATTERN THIS WEEKEND AS A FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA AND
STALLS OUT NEARBY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BRINGING CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........41 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
RH..................75 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18
                    MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3800-37700) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (79900-129600) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (147700-179300) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (97700-121200) LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7200-8800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 20 TO 29 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 18
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............32     41     49     55     59     60
RH..............88     62     46     35     29     27
20 FT WIND......NW 10  NW 11  NW 14  NW 15  NW 16  NW 16
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     25     25     30     30
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (46000-77300) DECREASING TO
                    POOR TO FAIR (1300-21300) EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2100-51300) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (31200-56500) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-6800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 8 TO 13 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090421.HANSO.01/MPX