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SPOT FORECAST FOR HANSON...FWS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
756 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...NOTE THIS FORECAST WAS FOR A 93 DEGREE LONGITUDE...

.DISCUSSION...
MAINLY SUNNY SKIES SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE BURN SITE THROUGH THE
MORNING. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL DROP TO 25
TO 30 PERCENT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY WEST...AT BRIEF TIMES
ATTAINING A SLIGHT NORTHWEST COMPONENT. SPEEDS WILL BE AT 12 TO 15
MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. SUNDAY WILL BRING
SIMILAR DRYNESS BUT LESS WINDS AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
RH..................28 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 12 TO 16 MPH THIS
                    AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1900-37000) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (219500-226400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10300-11100 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 22 TO 29 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............56  58  60  61  62  62  61  60  57  54  51  49
RH..............32  30  28  27  26  26  27  28  31  36  42  48
20 FT WIND DIR..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT WIND SPD..10  11  11  10  10  9   9   8   7   6   5   5
20 FT WIND GUST.15  20  20  15  15  15  15  15  10  10
HAINES INDEX....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (217700) DECREASING TO POOR TO GOOD
                    (1300-49300).
MIXING HEIGHT.......9900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 25 TO 29 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 7 TO 9
                    MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64.
RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (5600-38200) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (57900-70500) IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5700-7300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...FRIEDLEIN
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090502.HANSO.01/MPX


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