FNUS73 KMPX 041341 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR VERMILLION RIVER 35A...MN DNR- WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 841 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... RETRANSMIT FOR ONE HOUR INTERVALS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD TODAY ALLOWING SOUTHERLY WINDS TO RETURN TO THE PLANNING FORECAST AREA. LIGHT WINDS WILL BEGIN EAST THIS MORNING...THEN SOUTHEAST...BEFORE BECOMING CLOSE TO DUE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH LIKELY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA. HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 25 TO 35 PERCENT FROM WESTERN WISCONSIN TO WESTERN MINNESOTA. RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TONIGHT DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK DUE TO AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN. NO HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME HOWEVER. THE MOST LIKELY WINDOWS OF TIME FOR RAIN ARE LATE TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 72. RH..................33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1300-29500) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (103900-105000). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7700-9400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............52 57 61 64 67 69 71 72 72 71 70 67 RH..............45 38 33 30 28 27 27 28 29 30 32 36 20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 5 7 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52. RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (89200-109800) DECREASING TO POOR (3500-10400). MIXING HEIGHT.......9200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 16 TO 25 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...RICHARDSON REQUESTED BY...JAMIE GANGAWARE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090504.VERMI.01/MPX SKY (%) LEGEND CLR = CLEAR MCR = MOSTLY CLEAR PC = PARTLY CLOUDY MC = MOSTLY CLOUDY CDY = CLOUDY