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SPOT FORECAST FOR EPI 5...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1048 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK COLD FRONT IS PUSHING THROUGH WRN MN THIS MORNING AND IS LEADING
TO A SOMEWHAT SPORADIC WIND AND A QUICK BURST OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS THIS
MORNING. CURRENT SW WINDS WILL TURN BACK TO THE NW BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS
WILL BE OUT OF THE WNW AT IGNITION TIME...BUT WILL BE LIGHT AS PRESSURE
GRADIENT DOES NOT STRENGTHEN UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. BY 4 PM...THE WINDS WILL
BE OUT OF THE NORTH AND WILL BE AROUND 10 MPH. DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE AND
A HIGH NEAR 80 WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL INTO THE 30S AFTER 2 PM.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MAX 80.
RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (22500-68100) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (96300-129100) EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (107600-149900) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (72300) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900-4200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5600-6900 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO
                    8300-9600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 6900 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 21
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............71     75     79     80     77     70
RH..............50     40     35     35     40     47
20 FT WIND......SW 3   W 4    NW 7   N 10    N 8    N 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      10     10     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      6      6      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (8900-43800).
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900-2400 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 10 TO 18 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (8100-52900) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (143900-170700).
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7600-9300 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 9 TO
                    16 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    21 TO 26 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GRIESINGER
REQUESTED BY...DAN ANGELO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090528.EPI5_.01/MPX