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SPOT FORECAST FOR FREEZE PILES...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1102 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON JULY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK TROUGH NEAR THE BURN AREA WILL CAUSE CHANGEABLE
WIND DIRECTON THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL BE LIGHT.  A WEAK UPPER AIR
DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO PRODUCE SPOTTY SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A
THUNDERSTORM TODAY. A WARM FRONT WILL BECOME ESTABLISED ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA TONIGHT WHICH WILL BRING MAINLY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    OR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........75 AT IGNITION...MAX 81.
RH..................58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT BUT CHANGEABLE WINDS...MAINLY NE TO SE 6 TO
                    9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-48900) INCREASING TO FAIR TO
                    GOOD (23700-58100) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR  NONE   RNSHWR  NONE   NONE
TEMP............66     71     77     80     81     79
RH..............70     58     49     45     45     47
20 FT WIND......NE 5   SE 6   SW 7   NE 8   NE 5   NE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      5      4      4      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.  SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1700-25400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400-6200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 9 TO
                    16 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING
                    TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79.
RH..................MIN 58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (8800-55100).
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300-5800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 13 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 13 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...PAULSON
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090706.FREEZ.01/MPX