FNUS73 KMPX 021208
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ULSRUD...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
708 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.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.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 61.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-31600) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (230700-260600) BY LATE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9400-11100 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 33 TO 35 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   SPRNKL SPRNKL
TEMP............36     44     51     57     60     61
RH..............72     51     37     30     27     26
20 FT WIND......W 4    W 6    W 10   W 11   W 11   W 10
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     15     20     20     15

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (218000) DECREASING TO POOR TO GOOD
                    (0-43400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......8600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 28 TO 33 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 18 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO
                    AROUND 7 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY
                    MORNING SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 0 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62.
RH..................MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (400-28600) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (55900-83600) IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500-7300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 12 TO
                    16 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDLEIN
REQUESTED BY...RON BEAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090502.ULSRU.03/MPX