FNUS73 KMPX 021456 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR FIVE HAWKS PRAIRIE...SMSC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 856 AM CST MON NOV 2 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON NOVEMBER 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 15 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL ALSO BE GUSTS APPROACHING 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE DAKOTAS. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM OF HIGH PRESSURE NEARS EASTERN MINNESOTA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 48. RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH AT IGNITION... THEN 15 TO 20 THIS AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (68500) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (8100-17900) BY EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3800 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... THEN DECREASING TO 500-1600 FT AGL BY EVENING. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 22 TO 25 MPH. TIME (CST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............37 43 47 48 43 38 RH..............79 60 49 46 53 64 20 FT WIND......NW 14 NW 14 NW 14 NW 12 NW 9 NW 7 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 20 15 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...HILTBRAND REQUESTED BY...SHAWN KELLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091102.FIVEH.01/MPX