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SPOT FORECAST FOR HANCOCK...USFWS MORRIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
307 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 CDT ON APRIL 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTH DAKOTA WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO MINNESOTA
TONIGHT. CLOUDINESS WILL GRADAULLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT WITH MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES ON TUESDAY. WINDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM 340 TO 360 DEGREES. DETAILS ARE
LOCATED IN THE 2 HOURLY FORECAST BELOW.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 50.
RH..................48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (57100-88900).
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-5500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 20 TO 28 MPH DECREASING TO 15 TO 17 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     50     49     46     42     40
RH..............56     48     54     63     73     76
               (340)  (350)  (350)  (360)  (360)  (040)
20 FT WIND......NW 14  N 14   N 10   N 6    N 4    NE 4
20 FT WIND GUST.25     20     15     10     5      5
HAINES INDEX....2      3      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 5
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60.
RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2500-36500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (110900-125300).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 14 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 29
                    MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...HILTBRAND
REQUESTED BY...PHIL MILLETTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090427.HANCO.01/MPX