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SPOT FORECAST FOR QUARRY PARK...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
812 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER IOWA THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTHEAST DURING THE
DAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT BEGINS GATHERING STEAM IN CANADA. WILL START WITH
LIGHT SOUTH WINDS THIS MORNING...PICKING UP TO ABOUT 10 MPH BY NOON.
DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING DOWN
INTO THE MIID 20S BY THIS AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........56 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
RH..................32 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-49900) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (33200-74600) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4700 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    4000-5700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING
                    TO 2200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............46     56     62     66     67     65
RH..............47     32     28     26     26     29
20 FT WIND......SW 5   S 7    S 10   S 11   S 11   S 11
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     15     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....5      5      4      5      5      4

.TONIGHT...

TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49.
RH..................MAX 68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...RUSS SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090517.QUARR.01/MPX