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SPOT FORECAST FOR MAPLE RIVER W...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
702 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT IS PUSHING ACROSS MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
THE BURN AREA NEAR IGNITION TIME. WINDS WILL START OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 AM
BEFORE TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST BY NOON AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WIND SPEEDS
WILL BE LIGHTER TODAY...GENERALLY STAYING AT 15 MPH OR LESS...WITH A FEW HIGHER
GUSTS. ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...
AFTER 5 PM...THOUGH THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL COME IN OVERNIGHT. AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL APPROACH 30 PERCENT...WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES FILTERING
IN BEHIND THE FRONT KEEPING AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES FROM BECOMING AS DRY AS SEEN
THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........72 AT IGNITION...MAX 79.
RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH LATE IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (23200-34900).
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-5800 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 26 MPH BECOMING WEST 7 TO 16
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
                    AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 6 TO 9
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............66     72     76     79     79     74
RH..............54     46     37     31     30     34
20 FT WIND......S 11   SW 9   NW 7   N 8    N 12   N 12
20 FT WIND GUST.20     15     10     15     20     20
HAINES INDEX....6      6      5      4      3      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (42100-65800).
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900-4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 25 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...GRIESINGER
REQUESTED BY...ERIC EARHART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090424.MAPLE.01/MPX