FNUS73 KMPX 212021
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR FREESE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
321 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 CDT ON APRIL 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AROUND 20 MPH FOR THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. AS SUNSET NEARS THE GUSTINESS WILL SUBSIDE
WITH SUSTAINED WINDS SPEEDS DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH BY SUNSET THEN
FURTHER DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AT SUNSET. LATE AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE AROUND 30 PERCENT THEN INCREASE WITH SUNSET.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (178300) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (1100-2600).
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 7
                    MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-50900) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (32000-76100) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5700-6800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 6 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BARDOU
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090422.FREES.01/MPX