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SPOT FORECAST FOR HEGLAND EAST...USFWS FERGUS FALLS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
729 AM CDT WED APR 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND BRING LIGHT NORTHWEST
WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MID 60S AT THE BURN SITE...AND
COMBINE WITH DECREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES APPROACHING 25 PERCENT
THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WILL MOVE OFF BY THIS EVENING...AND
CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT TO SOUTHEASTERLY IN DIRECTION FOR TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE INCREASING ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
30 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................27 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-45000) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (58600) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600-5700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 2 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 12
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............61     65     66     64     60     57
RH..............31     27     27     31     37     47
20 FT WIND......E 4    SE 5   SE 7   SE 10  SE 11  SE 11
20 FT WIND GUST.5             10     15     20     20
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84.
RH..................MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35
                    MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090422.HEGLA.01/MPX