FNUS73 KMPX 011239
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOBERG...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
739 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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 COVERGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 55.
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 11 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (9800-46800) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (68900-117400) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (101500-141500) IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (61600) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7900-8600 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 18 TO 22 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
SKY (%).........MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............43  46  48  50  51  53  54  55  55  55  54  53
RH..............73  63  56  52  48  43  40  38  37  37  38  39
20 FT WIND DIR..W   W   NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..9   9   10  10  9   9   9   9   12  11  10  9
20 FT WIND GUST.15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  20  20  15  15
HAINES INDEX....4   4   4   4   3   3   4   4   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1500-20500).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 13 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO 8 TO 14 MPH IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

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


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