FNUS73 KMPX 021144
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAPLE RIVER WEST...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
644 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MAINLY SUNNY SKIES SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES
THIS AFTERNOON WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS
THIS EARLY MORNING WILL BECOME DUE WEST BY 9 AM AT THE BURN SITE AND
GENERALLY REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH THE DAY. THEY MAY ATTAIN A SLIGHT
NORTHWEST COMPONENT...BUT SHOULD PRIMARILY BE WESTERLY. SPEEDS WILL
BE AT 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS
BETWEEN 12 PM AND 6 PM. SUNDAY WILL BRING SIMILAR DRYNESS BUT LESS
WINDS AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
RH..................34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER
                    GUSTS.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-32500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (128700-174100).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10000-11200 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 21
                    TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............46     54     60     63     64     61
RH..............41     34     27     24     23     27
20 FT WIND......W 8    W 12   W 14   W 14   W 12   W 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     25     25     20     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.
RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND
                    5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (166500) DECREASING TO POOR TO GOOD
                    (1500-50900).
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 8
                    TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1500-51100) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (70700-88700) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7100-8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDLEIN
REQUESTED BY...ERIC EARHART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090502.MAPLE.01/MPX