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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING CREEK SNA...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
835 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.

...CORRECTION FOR DISCUSSION...DO NOT EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH...

.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 SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING...PICKING
UP TO ABOUT 10 MPH BY NOON. DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE WILL RESULT IN
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING DOWN INTO THE 20S BY THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-44200) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (51900-72000) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5900-7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............45     55     61     65     66     65
RH..............49     35     31     28     27     29
20 FT WIND......SW 5   SW 7   SW 8   SW 10  S 11   S 11
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     15     15     20     20
HAINES INDEX....5      5      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
RH..................MAX 63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.

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