FNUS73 KMPX 191107 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR QUARRY PARK...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 607 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING WILL LIFT NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT...PASSING THE SPOT FORECAST LOCATION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS NEAR 10 MPH NOW WILL BECOME EASTERLY BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY THIS EVENING WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO NEAR 20 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 80. RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (25200-68100) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (38300-84700) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 21 TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 33 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 65 73 78 80 79 RH..............64 45 40 37 35 36 20 FT WIND......NE 11 E 11 E 12 E 14 SE 14 SE 15 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 25 25 25 HAINES INDEX....6 6 5 4 4 5 .TONIGHT... TEMPERATURE.........MIN 61. RH..................MAX 72 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84. RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 21 TO 26 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW TO OR MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (44700-87500) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (106600-155300) IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (66800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400-5100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 43 TO 51 MPH DECREASING TO 35 TO 40 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...HILTBRAND REQUESTED BY...RUSS SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090519.QUARR.01/MPX