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SPOT FORECAST FOR SCWICHTENBERG EASEMENT...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
708 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST
BY USHER IN DRY AIR. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
25 TO 35 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND BRING INCREASING
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
LATE TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL EXPAND EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. A COOL FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY
BRINGING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. PRECIPITATION CHANCES
WILL DECREASE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONWARD BUT SMALL CHANCES WILL REMAIN
INTO THE WEEKEND. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST
OF THE WEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-36100) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (66600-92300) IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............43     50     55     60     61     60
RH..............60     46     38     33     32     37
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 8    E 11   E 14   E 14   E 14
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     20     20     25     25
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 30
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (70800-96300) DECREASING TO POOR TO
                    GOOD (5400-41900) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-2300 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 18 TO 24 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60.
RH..................MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (6400-51000) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (59900-89800) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-3900 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 22 TO 31 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 33
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...JAMI MARKLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090428.SCWIC.01/MPX