FNUS73 KMPX 011205
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PREUSS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
705 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0725 CDT ON MAY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 10 MPH THIS MORNING BEFORE INCREASING
TO BETWEEN 12 AND 15 MPH BY 10 OR 11 AM CDT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER
BY MID AFTERNOON WITH GUSTINESS INCREASING AFTER 11 AM OR SO. GUSTS OF AROUND 25
MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST BETWEEN
280 AND 300 DEGREES. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL BE FAIRLY EXTENSIVE THIS
MORNING BUT DECREASE BY MIDDAY. EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO BE MOSTLY SCATTERED
THIS AFTERNOON BUT MAY SEE SOME BROKEN CO VERGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
RH..................82 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH BY LATE MORNING...
                    INCREASING TO 12 TO 16 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (10000-50900) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (130100-137800).
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500-8300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 16 TO 23 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............41  44  46  48  50  52  54  55  56  56  56  55
RH..............82  70  63  56  50  46  41  38  37  37  37  38
20 FT WIND DIR..W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT WIND SPD..8   9   10  11  11  11  11  12  13  14  11  10
20 FT WIND GUST.15  15  15  20  20  15  15  15  20  25  20  15
HAINES INDEX....4   4   4   4   4   3   3   4   4   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 7 MPH
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (116600) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (1700-2400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......7100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 14 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 9
                    TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

$$
FORECASTER...BARDOU
REQUESTED BY...LEE NELSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090501.PREUS.01/MPX


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