FNUS73 KMPX 240404
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHIELDS LAKE FIRE...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1104 PM CDT THU APR 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2249 CDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AHEAD OF AN
APPRAOCHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE BURN SITE AROUND MIDDAY
FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL VEER TO SOUTHWESTERLY IN DIRECTION AROUND 7
AM...BECOME WESTERLY BY 10 AM...AND FINALLY SWITCH TO NORTH/NORTHWESTERLY
IN DIRECTION AROUND 1 PM AS THE FRONT PASSES.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........69 AT REQUEST...MIN 59.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 17 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (5600-52700).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 33 TO 41 MPH DECREASING TO 30 TO 31 MPH
                    LATE IN THE NIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80.
RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 6 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (5400-47200).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-5200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 29 MPH BECOMING WEST 9 TO 16
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...TOM LYNCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090423.SHIEL.01/MPX