FNUS73 KMPX 281423
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MARSH  MICHEL WMA...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
923 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1630 CDT ON APRIL 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE EAST TODAY.
EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM 12 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 23 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON.  RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT BY 4 PM.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
RH..................33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...EAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 12 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (800-33500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (64200-102900) IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6100-6600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST
                    17 TO 24 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID
SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............59  61  62  61  61  60  56  54  51  49  48
RH..............34  33  30  33  33  36  40  43  48  52  54
20 FT WIND DIR..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E
20 FT WIND SPD..12  14  14  14  14  14  12  11  11  10  10
20 FT WIND GUST.20  20  23  23  25  23  20  20  20  15  15
HAINES INDEX....3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (75100-103800) DECREASING TO POOR TO
                    GOOD (5800-43100) EARLY IN THE EVENING.

$$
FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...JAMIE GANGAWARE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090428.MARSH.01/MPX


SKY (%) LEGEND
CLR = CLEAR
MCR = MOSTLY CLEAR
PC = PARTLY CLOUDY
MC = MOSTLY CLOUDY
CDY = CLOUDY