FNUS73 KMPX 031235
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HANSON    SPERRY LAKE...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
735 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NEARLY FULL SUN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BURN SITE TODAY. THIS WILL
ALLOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES TO DROP BACK TO NEAR OR BELOW 25 PERCENT.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH SPEEDS OF 10 TO 13 MPH BY 1 PM. ON
MONDAY...WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE SOUTH AS THE HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES EAST. IT WILL BE ANOTHER DRY DAY ON MONDAY WITH
SLIGHTLY HIGHER AFTERNOON HUMIDITY DUE TO THE SOUTHERLY WIND. A TROF
OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO MINNESOTA FROM THE DAKOTAS MONDAY
NIGHT BRINGING SHOWER CHANCES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........56 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-30100) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (53900-102000) IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000-7900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 18
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     56     62     66     67     64
RH..............59     42     31     25     23     27
20 FT WIND......NW 5   NW 7   NW 10  NW 10  NW 6   NW 4
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     15     15     10     5
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (33600-64600) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (800-11900) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70.
RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1900-33400) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (53400-93900) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (109100-152400) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-4000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    5400-7200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 7600-8000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 5600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3100 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 26 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDLEIN
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090503.HANSO.01/MPX