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SPOT FORECAST FOR EDWARDS ISLANDS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
149 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP EAST
INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT. IN ITS WAKE GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST
OVER THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT BEFORE A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WORKS INTO THE AREA AND ALLOWS WINDS TO SETTLE DOWN OVERNIGHT
AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THEIR PEAK BY MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE COOLING OFF THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS COOLER
AIR AND CLOUD COVER TRY TO WORK BACK INTO THE AREA IN ASSOCIATION
WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY THEN
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 26 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WINDY. WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 45 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (15200-58700) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (232400-279400).

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............65     65     65     62     58     53
RH..............52     45     38     38     42     50
20 FT WIND......W 16   W 23   W 27   W 26   W 23   W 22
20 FT WIND GUST.30     40     45     40     40     35
HAINES INDEX....4      4      5      5      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 22 TO 27 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 40 MPH DECREASING TO 11 TO 16 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.

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FORECASTER...HULTQUIST
REQUESTED BY...PHIL MILLETTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090513.EDWAR.01/MPX