FNUS73 KMPX 221140 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR ULSRUD CRM...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 640 AM CDT WED APR 22 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0655 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 LOW 60S AT THE BURN SITE...AND COMBINE WITH DECREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO AROUND 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 BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........32 AT IGNITION...MAX 61. RH..................92 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (7400-43400). MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300-6000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 2 TO 3 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............32 41 50 56 60 61 RH..............92 59 39 29 25 24 20 FT WIND......NW 4 NW 4 NW 4 NW 4 SW 4 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...SCHMIT REQUESTED BY...RON BEAM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090422.ULSRU.01/MPX