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SPOT FORECAST FOR MANTHEY-SOUTH...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
738 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE EAST CENTRAL ROCKIES
TO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...TO NORTHERN MINNESOTA
TONIGHT...AND TO NORTHEAST ONTARIO CANADA ON THURSDAY. THE LOW
WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION.

INCREASING MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH THE FRONT
TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCES
FOR RAIN WILL BE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MILD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO
BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY...AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58 AT IGNITION...MAX 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS EAST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /41300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD
                    /42200 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     59
RH..............55     56
20 FT WIND......E 10   SE 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20

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FORECASTER...HENTZ
REQUESTED BY...DEREK CASBON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090429.MANTH.01/MKX